Congress ordered a spectrum pipeline of 800 megahertz but only specifies 100 megahertz. The FCC and NTIA have to find 700 ...

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.

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

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

T-Mobile won more than $300 million worth of spectrum licenses in an August 2022 auction. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel says the agency can’t distribute those licenses, as well as others.

FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said Tuesday that authorizing more available mid-band spectrum to support 5G would be critical. MediaNews Group/ Getty Images Get the latest federal technology news ...

But unless Congress acts, the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum will expire on Sept. 30, 2022. The first step to reauthorize this authority occurred on June 15, 2022, when the House Energy and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The FCC lost its spectrum authority on March 9, 2023. It meant that the agency had been unable to auction more spectrum for 5G networks. For carriers such as T-Mobile, ...

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 ...