Article: XO Study Shows SBC And Verizon Act in Tacit Agreement Not To Compete.

RESTON, Va. -- Former FCC Chief Economist Simon J. Wilkie Finds SBC Will Reap $1 Billion - And Verizon $400 Million - From Tacit Collusion Following Mergers

SBC and Verizon will realize $1.4 billion by colluding not to compete with one another in the wholesale market following their respective mergers with AT&T and MCI, according to a new study by FCC former Chief Economist Simon J. Wilkie.

In an ex parte filed at the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of XO Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:XOCM.OB), Wilkie finds that SBC and Verizon deliberately pursue a strategy of tacit collusion not to compete today, and that this will continue as an "equilibrium ...

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