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WASHINGTON —Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is applauding the passage of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and provisions of the bill that restore the FCC's auction ...
A packed room and a busy agenda of items on the docket set the stage for the FCC’s July open meeting, where six different ...
General Auction Authority Restored (Well, Almost) OBBBA restores the FCC’s general authority to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034. From that authorization, however, ...
The proposal hopes to restore the FCC’s authority to auction off 1,250MHz of licensed spectrum for mobile broadband services. “To dominate in next-generation wireless technologies, stay ahead ...
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm President Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department’s National ...
Brendan Carr outlines proposals to ease broadband buildouts by removing red tape, but the problems he outlined are not new and have not escaped the FCC's attention.
The US Senate has allowed the spectrum auction authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to lapse for the first time ever. A bill that would have extended the regulator’s spectrum ...
Happy Tuesday! I’m Julian Mark, pitching in today for my colleague Will Oremus. Send news tips to: [email protected]. Brendan Carr has big ideas about the FCC — and some critics across ...
The FCC lost spectrum auction authority in March 2023 for the first time since it received the authority in 1994. The auctions had been a frequent source of revenue often used to pay for other ...
The FCC on Thursday moved forward with a Notice of Inquiry that seeks comment on whether, and if so how, to free up additional mid-band spectrum for new services in the Upper C-band (3.98 GHz to 4 ...
He said that Congress must restore the FCC's lapsed authority to auction spectrum licenses, and auction off "at least 600 megahertz of midband spectrum for future 5G services." ...