The Regulatory Context of Acquisitions and Investment in U.S. Telecommunications Originally Published in TelecomFinance, Issue 63, November 24, 1999
by Owen D. Kurtin & Beth Simone Noveck The entire text is available as a PDF document. In order to open it, you will need the Acrobat Reader that can be downloaded here.	Reference: IJCLP Web-Doc 6-4-2000 Download/View Article in PDF-Format (8 pages, 46 kb)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is not merely to enumerate principal elements of regulatory re-view in the United States, but to put them in context: a non-U.S. acquiror or investor must understand what U.S. regulatory authorities try to achieve in the exercise of their review and approval powers; what issues will be key to gaining their approval; and how and when should they be approached. The scope of regulatory concerns may be broadly organized into two domains: competition, and foreign ownership and national security.