FCC Majority Votes to Approve Dish, H Block Items

According to multiple sources, a majority of Federal Communications Commission commissioners have voted to approve the items allowing Dish to use its satellite spectrum for terrestrial wireless broadband and opening up adjacent spectrum (the H block )for wireless use as well.

The item had been scheduled for a vote at the Dec. 12 public meeting, but will be pulled if all the commissioners vote it before then, as is likely. The item was actually circulated for a vote several weeks ago, but then added to the public meeting list. There has been some complaint that the vote was being taken out of the public eye. The item is also apparently still being vetted for any technical issues with adjacent government spectrum per a standard interagency review process, though there are not expected to be any issues.