<div id="readability-page-1"><p>Jan 15 (Reuters) - The California Public Utilities Commission is set on Thursday to approve ‌Verizon Communications's (VZ.N) $20 billion deal to acquire ​fiber-optic internet providers Frontier Communications (FYBR.O) ‍after a series of ⁠conditions ⁠agreed to by the U.S. ‌telecom company, board ​members said.</p> <p>Verizon won approval from the ⁠Federal Communications Commission ‍in ​May after the company agreed to end its ‍diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which raised concerns from California. Verizon agreed to buy Frontier ​in ‍September 2024 for about $9.6 billion and absorb $10 ​billion in Frontier debt. Verizon expects to upgrade and expand Frontier's existing network in 25 states and deploy ​fiber to 1 million or more American homes annually.</p> <p>(Reporting by ‍David Shepardson in Washington)</p></div>

威瑞森

<p>加利福尼亞公共事業委員會即將批准威瑞森以 200 億美元收購 Frontier Communications。這是在威瑞森同意某些條件後達成的，包括終止其多樣性項目，這引發了人們的擔憂。該交易最初於 2024 年 9 月宣佈，涉及威瑞森以約 96 億美元收購 Frontier，並承擔 100 億美元的債務。威瑞森計劃在 25 個州提升 Frontier 的網絡，並旨在每年向超過 100 萬户家庭部署光纖</p>

加利福尼亞州即將批准威瑞森收購 Frontier 的交易