Three FCC Votes In for Verizon/SpectrumCo

The Federal Communications Commission's two Republican members -- Robert McDowell and Ajit Pai -- have voted to approve the order allowing Verizon to buy advanced wireless spectrum from cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox and Bright House, according to an FCC source familiar with the tally. Those commissioners concurred -- short of an endorsement -- to parts of the decisions, but their yes votes, combined with that of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, whose yes was on all counts, are enough to seal the deal.