The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it was approving Verizon Communications's $20 billion deal to acquire fiber-optic internet providers Frontier Communications after the largest U.S. telecom company agreed to end its diversity,

With FCC approval, the competing fiber internet service providers can become one.

After FCC chairman Brendan Carr said Verizon agreed to end its DEI policies, the agency approved the telco's $20 billion deal to acquire Frontier.