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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Congress may look to exert more control over the broader auction authority of the FCC, Flick believes. “Perhaps in the future, if there is ever an auction of FM spectrum the FCC might need to get ...

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.

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 ...

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 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, ...

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 ...