FCC Green-Lights Verizon’s Acquisition Deal Following DEI Shutdown

Verizon said it will no longer consider identity-based goals during its hiring or promotion processes.

A person walks by a Verizon store in New York City on Nov. 22, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

The Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Verizon’s $20 billion acquisition of Frontier, the FCC said in a May 16 statement.

“Verizon has also committed to ending DEI-related practices as specified in the FCC’s record and has reaffirmed the merged entity’s commitment to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination,” the agency said, using the abbreviation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.