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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm President Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as the Assistant Secretary ...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is maintaining an unusually aggressive regulatory schedule this ...
General Auction Authority Restored (Well, Almost) OBBBA restores the FCC’s general authority to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034.
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 ...
Congress ordered a spectrum pipeline of 800 megahertz but only specifies 100 megahertz. The FCC and NTIA have to find 700 more, with 500 from federal use.
FCC chair Brendan Carr praised the passing of President Donald Trump’s bill which restored its authority to conduct spectrum auctions.
And this month we highlight Congress’s passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which will restore the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034.
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.
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." ...
The commissioner outlined how military spectrum holdings — some dating back to the Truman administration — could be commercialized through a “win-win” auction model that he said has ...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Nathan Simington said the Pentagon’s decades-old grip on valuable radio spectrum may need to loosen in order to allow wireless networks to ...
The Satellite Industry Association welcomed the move: “SIA greatly appreciates today’s FCC decision to begin proceedings that could significantly expand satellite spectrum assets across multiple bands ...