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FCC Seeks Comment on DOJ Request To View Numbering Data To Assist Deal Review

The FCC sought comment on a Department of Justice Antitrust Division request to view confidential phone number utilization data to assist the DOJ investigation of Atlantic Tele-Network's proposed buy of Caribbean Asset Holdings. "The Department has requested access to information…

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contained in the June 2013 Numbering Resource Utilization and Forecast (NRUF) reports (and any updates that become available during the pendency of the investigation) filed by wireless telecommunications carriers, by carrier and by rate center, and to disaggregated, carrier-specific local number portability (LNP) data related to wireless telecommunications carriers, by carrier and by rate center, from June 2013 forward," said a Wireline Bureau public notice Tuesday. Affected carriers have until Jan. 22 to oppose disclosure of the data; if the commission receives no such opposition, it will release the data, the bureau said.