Thursday, September 22, 2005

Qwest Cites SBC Blacklist

Via Red Herring.

Qwest Communications, the No. 4 U.S. phone carrier, plans to file a complaint Thursday accusing No. 2 carrier SBC Communications of blocking competition by restricting partners like WilTel Communications and Time Warner Telecom Holdings from being sold to “blacklisted” companies.

Qwest executives already met with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and presented a draft complaint letter from Qwest Deputy Counsel Robert Donnelly describing his company’s concerns about SBC’s pending $16-billion acquisition of AT&T.

Mr. Donnelly believes the deal could make it even harder for SBC to win business from smaller carriers, according to the Associated Press.

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