Notice2025-03302
Open Commission Meeting Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Published
February 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would update 10 year-old AWS-3 service-specific competitive bidding rules to bring those rules in line with current practice as the first step in fulfilling the Commission's statutory obligation to initiate an auction of licenses for the AWS-3 spectrum in the Commission's inventory by June 23, 2026, under the Spectrum and Secure Technology and Innovation Act. 2.................. Wireless Title: Upper C-band (3.98 Telecommunications. to 4.2 GHz) (GN Docket No. 25-59).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 39 (Friday, February 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10926-10927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03302]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[FR ID 281694]
Open Commission Meeting Thursday, February 27, 2025
February 20, 2025.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Thursday, February 27, 2025, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of
the Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC.
While attendance at the Open Meeting is available to the public,
the FCC headquarters building is not open access and all guests must
check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L
Street. Attendees at the Open Meeting will not be required to have an
appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at:
<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/visit">www.fcc.gov/visit</a>. Open Meetings are streamed live at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>
and on the FCC's YouTube channel.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1.................. Office of Economics Title: Enhancing National
and Analytics. Security Through the
Auction of AWS-3 Spectrum
Licenses (GN Docket No. 25-
70); Applying New Average
Annual Gross Revenue
Benchmarks for Small
Business Bidding Credits
(GN Docket No. 25-71);
Amendment of the
Commission's Rules with
Regard to Commercial
Operations in the 1695-
1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz,
and 2155-2180 MHz Bands
(GN Docket No. 13-185).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking that
would update 10 year-old
AWS-3 service-specific
competitive bidding rules
to bring those rules in
line with current practice
as the first step in
fulfilling the
Commission's statutory
obligation to initiate an
auction of licenses for
the AWS-3 spectrum in the
Commission's inventory by
June 23, 2026, under the
Spectrum and Secure
Technology and Innovation
Act.
2.................. Wireless Title: Upper C-band (3.98
Telecommunications. to 4.2 GHz) (GN Docket No.
25-59).
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Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice of
Inquiry exploring whether,
and if so how, we could
free up additional mid-
band spectrum for new
services in the Upper C-
band to meet projected
spectrum demand, spur
economic growth, and
advance American security
interests.
3.................. Public Safety and Title: Wireless Emergency
Homeland Security. Alerts (PS Docket No. 15-
91); Amendments to Part 11
of the Commission's Rules
Regarding the Emergency
Alert System; (PS Docket
No. 15-94).
Summary:The Commission will
consider a Report and
Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking
intended to give emergency
managers and consumers
greater customization of
the Wireless Emergency
Alerts they send and
receive, which would
increase public safety and
reduce consumers opting
out of this life-saving
service.
4.................. Consumer and Title: Advanced Methods to
Governmental Affairs. Target and Eliminate
Unlawful Robocalls (CG
Docket No. 17-59).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report and
Order that strengthens the
Commission's call blocking
rules by expanding the
requirement to block calls
based on a reasonable do-
not-originate list to
include all providers in
the call path and by
designating an exclusive
code to notify callers
when certain calls are
blocked.
5.................. Media................. Title: Updates to the
Commission's Rules
Implementing the
Commercial Advertisement
Loudness Mitigation (CALM)
Act (MB Docket No. 25-72).
Summary:The Commission will
consider a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking that
would undertake a review
of the Commission's
commercial loudness rules,
in effect since 2012, and
seek comment on the need
for updates or changes.
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The meeting will be webcast at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>. Open captioning
will be provided as well as a text only version on the FCC website.
Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are
available upon request. In your request, include a description of the
accommodation you will need and a way we can contact you if we need
more information. Last minute requests will be accepted but may be
impossible to fill. Send an email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#15737676202521557376763b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e5e0e0b6b3b7c3e5e0e0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a> or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
Press Access--Members of the news media are welcome to attend the
meeting and will be provided reserved seating on a first-come, first-
served basis. Following the meeting, the Chairman may hold a news
conference in which he will take questions from credentialed members of
the press in attendance. Also, senior policy and legal staff will be
made available to the press in attendance for questions related to the
items on the meeting agenda. Commissioners may also choose to hold
press conferences. Press may also direct questions to the Office of
Media Relations (OMR): <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fab79f9e939ba89f969b8e93959489ba9c9999d49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6fbd3d2dfd7e4d3dad7c2dfd9d8c5f6d0d5d598d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a>. Questions about
credentialing should be directed to OMR.
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500. Audio/Video coverage of
the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the
internet from the FCC Live web page at <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>.
Authority: This meeting is held, in accordance with the Government
in the Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act), Public Law 94-409, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552b).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-03302 Filed 2-27-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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