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The FCC approved Verizon's $20 billion Frontier purchase after Verizon committed to ending its DEI practices, with Chairman Brendan Carr citing fiber builds of 1 million or more homes a year and commitments to tower crews.

The FCC waived the rule forcing Verizon alone among national carriers to unlock phones 60 days after activation, citing handset theft and trafficking; Verizon now follows the CTIA industry code until the FCC sets an industry-wide policy.

Verizon, bidding as Cellco Partnership, won 82 of the 200 AWS-3 licenses in FCC Auction 113 for $3.16 billion, the bulk of the $3.57 billion the auction raised from seven winning bidders.