Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr on Thursday opened a probe into diversity practices at Verizon VZ.N and raised the telecommunications company's ongoing effort to purchase Frontier Communications FYBR.O.
Carr, a Republican designated by President Donald Trump last month, earlier this month told NBC News-parent Comcast CMCSA.O he was opening a similar probe into the company's promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Verizon is awaiting FCC approval for its $9.6 billion purchase of Frontier.