(NewsNation) — Verizon Communications will end its DEI practices as part of its $20 billion Frontier Communications merger, which the Federal Communications Commission approved Friday.
Verizon is the latest company to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs since President Donald Trump took office. Major companies like Warner Bros. Discovery, Goldman Sachs, Paramount, Pepsi and many more have scaled back or shifted their DEI policies.
Verizon’s “commitment to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination … will ensure that the combined business will enact policies and practices consistent with the law and the public interest,” said FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a news release.
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In February, Carr announced a probe into the company’s promotion of DEI.
Frontier Communications is a telecommunications services company. The deal allows Verizon to upgrade and expand Frontier’s fiber network. Frontier’s network spans 25 states.
Verizon’s fiber will replace old copper networks, “ensuring that more communities benefit from advanced technologies,” Carr said. “Following the transaction, Verizon expects to deploy fiber to 1 million or more American homes annually.”
Carr said the merger will add billions of dollars in infrastructure to communities nationwide, “including rural America.”
