FCC Meeting Targets Robocalls and Satellite Spectrum Sharing
Published Date: 4/29/2025
Notice
Summary
On Monday, April 28, 2025, the Commission will meet to update rules that help satellites share space better, making services faster and more reliable for everyone. They’ll also set new plans to stop robocalls by improving caller ID checks, and clarify rules about foreign ownership in communications. These changes affect satellite companies, phone providers, and anyone who uses wireless or phone services, aiming for smoother tech and safer calls soon.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Satellite spectrum sharing review
On April 28, 2025 the Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to promote efficient spectrum sharing between geostationary and non-geostationary satellite systems. The item would review power limits developed in the 1990s that apply to non-geostationary satellite orbit fixed-satellite service systems to protect geostationary satellite networks, aiming to promote co-existence and expanded services for American consumers.
Blocking robocalls on non‑IP networks
The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to develop a framework for evaluating whether non‑IP caller ID authentication solutions are developed and reasonably available under the TRACED Act, to conclude that certain existing solutions satisfy that requirement, and to require providers that continue to rely on non‑IP networks to implement non‑IP caller ID authentication solutions to block robocalls.
Clarifying foreign ownership rules
The Commission will consider an item titled "Clarifying Foreign Ownership Rules" (GN Docket No. 25-149) to clarify rules about foreign ownership in communications. This action would affect communications companies and providers that are subject to federal foreign-ownership rules.
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