What might be the potential impact on telecom regulation under President-elect Donald Trump?
That’s actually difficult to determine because Trump said little about the tech sector during the campaign. Recode believes he may be more hands-off than President Obama, who has referred to himself as a geek at times. The
president-elect will certainly be more pro-business and
anti-regulation. However he recently called the proposed AT&T $85B
buyout of Time Warner “poison.”
Trump said at a recent rally his
administration wouldn’t sign-off on the deal because of the
concentration of power between AT&T and CNN together would be too
much. Meanwhile, AT&T CFO John Stephens said Wednesday the carrier
looks forward to working with Trump and is still optimistic regulators
will approve the deal, reported Reuters. Continue Reading
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