Verizon's Side Deals Draw Congressional Scrutiny

Groups charge company hurt wireless competition

The side marketing agreements that Verizon cut with the nation's largest cable companies as part of its deal for unused wireless spectrum is attracting congressional scrutiny.

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), the powerful chairman of the Subcommittee of the Senate Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee, said Wednesday that plans were underway for hearings to examine the deals' impact on consumers. He did not give a date for the hearings.

Kohl has been a tough taskmaster on mergers of late.

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