December 2024 Open Meeting Agenda

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, the Commission is wrapping up its work on a number of key efforts.  Here’s everything we have lined up for our December Open Meeting.

• We’re unleashing wireless innovation. To enable new applications and services using unlicensed airwaves, the Commission will consider rules to allow Very Low Power devices to operate in two portions of the 6 GHz band. Permitting this added flexibility in the 6 GHz band will bolster a growing eco-system of cutting-edge applications like wearable technologies and augmented and virtual reality, which will enhance learning opportunities, improve healthcare outcomes, and bring new entertainment experiences.
   
• We’re updating our media rules. This Commission will vote to update several broadcast radio and TV rules to better reflect current application processing requirements, clarify ambiguity, and remove references to outdated procedures and legacy filing systems. These changes would help ensure that the Commission’s rules are accurate, reducing potential confusion among the public, applicants, licensees, and practitioners, and alleviating unnecessary burdens.
   
• We’re facilitating broadband buildout. To relieve administrative and financial burdens on broadband providers, the Commission will vote on three targeted changes to our rules governing letters of credit, which are an important safeguard for certain high-cost programs. These changes would increase the number of banks qualified to issue letters of credit, and would also reduce letter of credit values, freeing up capital for deployment.
   
• We will consider three Enforcement Actions and an additional Order on Reconsideration from our Enforcement Bureau.  

— Jessica