While the reinstatement of the FCC’s spectrum auction authority is a vital step toward re-establishing the US wireless ...

This initial authority for the FCC was set to expire on September 30, 1998, but was extended by Congress, and has been ...

The bill, announced on March 11, 2024, includes provisions to identify spectrum that can be reallocated from federal to non-federal use and renew the FCC’s spectrum auction authority.

The Federal Communications Commission has regained its authority to hold spectrum auctions and could use that power to take ...

The Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction unused spectrum expired almost two years ago and Congress has failed to extend it. Former Chair Jessica Rosenworcel called several times ...

The Senate didn’t take up the House legislation but Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., last year backed a proposal that would renew the FCC’s authority through Dec. 31, 2025.

OBBBA restores the FCC’s general authority to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034. From that authorization, however, it carves out key frequency bands used by the U.S. Department of ...

“The FCC’s approval of the Paramount-Skydance merger reeks of the worst form of corruption,” Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and ...

Given the agency’s current lack of spectrum auction authority, the FCC also reported that it has opened a docket to explore how its existing regulatory tools and current statutory authority could ...

This initial authority for the FCC was set to expire on September 30, 1998, but was extended by Congress, and has been several times since. The most recent long-term extension was granted as part ...

Hours after announcing the approval of Skydance’s merger with Paramount, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr touted the company’s ...

While there is a role for all types of spectrum—licensed, unlicensed, and shared—to promote American connectivity, the FCC’s reauthorization of auction authority is the wrong time and place ...