Removal of Divestment Requirement of Section 222 of Communications Act of 1934 : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Eighty-Seventh Congress, second session, on Aug. 27, 1962.

Considers S. 3646, to repeal requirement that when a domestic communications carrier is consolidated or merged with another domestic carrier it must divest itself of international operations, such as overseas cables owned by Western Union Telegraph Co. Also discusses Western Union Telegraph Co. comp...

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Corporate Authors:	United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1962.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Hearings.
Subjects:	Western Union Telegraph Company. American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Antitrust law > United States. Consolidation and merger of corporations > United States. Communication and traffic > United States. Artificial satellites in telecommunication > United States. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Considers S. 3646, to repeal requirement that when a domestic communications carrier is consolidated or merged with another domestic carrier it must divest itself of international operations, such as overseas cables owned by Western Union Telegraph Co. Also discusses Western Union Telegraph Co. competition with American Telephone and Telegraph Co. over satellite communication services. Considers (87) S. 3646.
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