David McCourt: The real $85 billion question - why isn’t telecoms treated like a utility?

US legislators should look towards what’s already happening in Ireland, writes enet chairman

Pic: Maura Hickey
Pic: Maura Hickey

The head of the US Federal Communications Commission said he does not expect to review AT&T's planned $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner. Here, chairman of enet, Irish-American David McCourt, argues that while legislators in the United States are searching for a new model to foster competition in telecoms market, they should be looking towards what’s already happening in Ireland.

AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner has reverberated like a gong through ...