Frontier’s purchase of AT&T’s wireline assets in Connecticut...

Frontier’s purchase of AT&T’s wireline assets in Connecticut would lead to “numerous public interest benefits” and “increased competition,” Frontier told FCC Wireline Bureau, International Bureau and Office of General Counsel officials Thursday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1ctBD1p). Frontier has no local exchange, broadband or video operations in Connecticut, but after the transaction it “will compete with the wireless, enterprise and CLEC operations that AT&T will retain in the state,” the telco said in an attached presentation. State customers will benefit from deepened community involvement and increased employment, Frontier said. Frontier will also “be a stronger carrier nationwide,” as the transaction will improve its “overall financial flexibility and stability,” and will ensure that Frontier has the ability to increase broadband investment and penetration over the long term, it said.