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and New York agrees to withdraw permission to acquire Charter's Time Warner Cable.

On Friday, the New York State Public Service Commission approved the revocation of its $56.7 billion license for Charter Communications' purchase of Time Warner Cable, claiming that Charter had violated commitments related to the expansion of bandwidth in that state. Charter, the second biggest US supplier of cables behind Comcast, purchased Time Warner Cable in 2016 and traded it under the name Spectrum.

As a result, the transaction, along with the acquisition of Bright House Networks, gave Charter more size in the United States. On March 31, the enterprise, which offers home and corporate videos, voices and web access products, had 27.5 million customers. The charter accepted certain terms to approve the business, to include the provision of 100 MHz bandwidth in New York by the end of 2018 and 300 MHz by the end of 2019, the European Union said.

In addition, the firm approved the expansion of its existing infrastructure to create a further 145,000 residential and commercial properties in the less populous areas of the state within four years of the completion of the transaction. According to the complainant, the Charter did not respect the time limits and commitments to be met by the municipalities in the countryside, and it specifically covers its services to clients and the Comission.

"More than a year of administratively enforced attempts to align the Charter with the Commission's decision to merge is now a good year to take greater action to safeguard New Yorkers and the general interest," said Commission President John B. Rhodes in a declaration. The Charter said in a declaration that "in the week before the elections political debate is often over.

The fact is that Spectrum has expanded the coverage of our progressive broad band networks to more than 86,000 households and companies in New York since our fusion contract with the (Commission). With 11,000 varied and local employees serving million government clients every single day, our focus continues to be on providing more New Yorkers with better and quicker access to bandwidth, as we promise.

The charter stocks fell by 0.5 per cent to 285.37 US dollars in late morning trade after having fallen by up to 1 per cent. It also said that it instructed its Council to bring an application for execution before the Supreme Court of the State and to demand sanctions for past and current Charter outages. The Charter has 60 working day to submit a proposal with the committee to switch its New York clients to other suppliers, the committee said.

It may also lodge an appeals against the Commission's ruling within 30 working days. Charter may also lodge an appeals against the Commission's ruling within 30 working days. 2.