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MCI shareholders approve Verizon merger
October 6, 2005 Eighty-eight percent vote in favor of the deal. Focus is now on obtaining regulatory approval.Verizon moves forward after merger
January 24, 2006 Telephone company begins marketing to the old MCI business clients as it distances itself from the old MCI and moves on.Qwest to turn up heat on SBC-AT&T merger fight
April 25, 2005 Letter to FCC says merger would result in higher prices, reduced service quality, and fewer choices for customers.MCI acquires Totality
August 3, 2005 Long-distance giant continues to acquire companies even as it prepares its mega merger with Verizon.MCI chief's severance deal nears $40 million
September 2, 2005 Should he leave Verizon post-merger, Michael Capellas stands to get a package far sweeter than the one he got when he departed HP.Verizon closes book on MCI merger
January 6, 2006 The saga of Verizon's $8.44 billion buyout of long distance carrier MCI finally ends. The CEO prepares to depart.Qwest continues its fight for MCI
February 18, 2005 Qwest CEO sends letter to MCI's board requesting more information about Verizon's bid so that his company can prepare counteroffer.DOJ approves telecom megamergers
October 27, 2005 U.S. Department of Justice gives the green light on the Verizon-MCI merger and the SBC-AT&T transaction.Qwest waits by phone for MCI to call
February 28, 2005 Afraid of having no date for the telecom merger ball, smallest Baby Bell looks to revise its offer.Merger mania promises fewer, bigger telcos
February 7, 2005 Merger after merger, the market is contracting rapidly--with widespread speculation about what'll happen next.SBC closes AT&T acquisition
November 18, 2005 Starting Friday SBC Communications will be called AT&T, as SBC closes the books on its $16.9 billion acquisition.Telecom megamergers get final federal OK
October 31, 2005 The FCC gives green light to mergers of Verizon Communications and MCI, SBC Communications and AT&T.No 'rubber stamp' on telecom mergers, judge says
December 1, 2006 Judge says he'll do "independent review" of deals between AT&T-SBC and Verizon-MCI, but offers no hints of when a ruling will come.Verizon, MCI to link up in $6.7 billion deal
February 14, 2005 Valentine's Day betrothal will give regional titan Verizon access to MCI's worldwide long-distance and IP networks.Judge plans to review AT&T, Verizon deals
July 12, 2006 A federal judge in Washington says he may permit witnesses to describe the twin mergers' impact on competition.Merger wave could leave telecom gear makers at sea
February 8, 2005 With telecom companies vanishing, it might not be the best time to be selling routers.Can telecoms wring profit from enterprise IP?
May 18, 2005 AT&T and MCI say new IP services are growing like crazy, but they may have trouble making money from them.Telco heads can't rule out post-merger price hikes
March 2, 2005 CEOs of Verizon, SBC tell congressional panel that rate increases aren't planned after mega-mergers, but can't be ruled out.Regional carriers expand horizons
February 15, 2005 SBC, Verizon morph into national players that will face off in direct competition.Feds defend approval of telecom megamergers
December 14, 2006 In court filing, the Justice Department tries to fend off criticism of analysis approving mergers between AT&T and SBC and Verizon and MCI.
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