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General Auction Authority Restored (Well, Almost) OBBBA restores the FCC’s general authority to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034. From that authorization, however, ...
FCC's authority to auction spectrum expires in March and the House is poised to vote this week on a bill extending it through May 19.
The House’s passage leaves the Senate a narrow window to clear the measure for the president’s signature before the FCC’s authority to conduct spectrum auctions expires on March 9.
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 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 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 of our ...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nearly a year after Congress allowed the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum to lapse, Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is calling on Congress to ...
Congress then granted auction authority to the Commission in 1993, and the FCC held its first spectrum auction in July 1994. Lapse in Authority Congress allowed the FCC’s auction authority to ...
For that reason, Congress must not only restore the FCC’s auctioning authority, but also take steps to free up more spectrum for licensed use so that the Commission has something to auction once ...
In her statement, the Chairwoman said, “FCC spectrum auctions have fueled American growth for three decades.The agency has held 100 auctions and in the process raised more than $233 billion for ...
One year ago today, the FCC’s spectrum auction authority expired as it was not extended by Congress, for the first time ever. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel took note of that unwelcomed ...
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 ...