FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for February 2020 Open Meeting

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the February Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Friday, February 28, 2020:

1. Expanding Flexible Use of the C-band – The FCC will consider a Report and Order and Proposed Order of Modification that would reform the use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band, also known as the C-band, to promote US leadership in the next generation of wireless services, including fifth-generation (5G) wireless and other advanced spectrum-based services, and close the digital divide. (GN Docket No. 18-122)
2. C-band Auction Bidding Procedures – The FCC will consider a Public Notice that would seek comment on procedures for the auction of new flexible-use overlay licenses in the 3.7–3.98 GHz band (Auction 107) for Next Generation Wireless Services. (AU Docket No. 20-25)
3. Auction of Priority Access Licenses for the 3.5 GHz Band – The FCC will consider a Public Notice that would establish application and bidding procedures for Auction 105, the auction of Priority Access Licenses in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service in the 3550-3650 MHz band. (AU Docket No. 19-244)
4. TV White Spaces – The FCC will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would propose targeted changes to the white space device rules in the TV bands (channels 2- 35) to provide improved broadband coverage that would benefit American consumers in rural and underserved areas. (ET Docket No. 20-36)
5. Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Bidding Procedures – The FCC will consider a Public Notice that would launch the process of establishing pre- and post-auction application procedures and competitive bidding procedures to allocate up to $16 billion to support the deployment of fixed broadband networks in rural America in Phase I of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. (AU Docket No. 20-34)
6. Electronic Delivery of Carriage Election Notices – The FCC will consider a Report and Order that would modernize the carriage election notice provisions in the FCC’s Rules for low-power TV and noncommercial educational translator stations, which are not required to maintain online public inspection files. (MB Docket Nos. 17-317, 17-105)
7. Amending Record Requirements on Cable Operator Interests in Video Programming – The FCC will consider an NPRM that would seek comment on whether to eliminate or modify the requirement in the FCC’s Rules that cable operators maintain records in their online public inspection files regarding the nature and extent of their attributable interests in video programming services. (MB Docket Nos. 20-35, 17-105)
8. Promoting Public Safety Through Information Sharing – The FCC will consider a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would provide state and federal agencies with read-only access to communications outage data for public safety purposes while also preserving the confidentiality of that data. (PS Docket No. 15-80)