IP: FCC Readies Merger Requirement (washingtonpost.com)

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

  By Alec Klein
       Washington Post Staff Writer
       Saturday, December 16, 2000; Page E01

       The Federal Communications Commission has drafted a recommendation to
       approve America Online Inc.'s merger with Time Warner Inc. that would
       require AOL to open its popular instant-messaging system to rivals,
       according to sources familiar with the matter.

       Under the staff recommendation, if AOL offers advanced 
instant-messaging
       services over Time Warner's cable television network, it would have to
       agree to make the system interoperable with at least one other 
provider of
       instant messaging, sources said.

       If approved by the five-member commission, ...

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13132-2000Dec15.html



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