FCC Tackles Wireless Frequencies and Relay Service Upgrades
Published Date: 11/19/2025
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Summary
On November 20, 2025, the FCC will hold a public meeting to discuss freeing up valuable wireless frequencies, modernizing phone relay services for people with hearing or speech disabilities, and cleaning up old, outdated rules. These changes could speed up internet access, improve communication services, and simplify regulations, affecting telecom companies and everyday users alike. The meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. and will be live-streamed for everyone to watch.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Freeing Upper C‑band Spectrum
On November 20, 2025, the FCC will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to explore reconfiguring the Upper C‑band (3.98 GHz to 4.2 GHz) across the contiguous United States under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The proposal would seek options for freeing up that spectrum, which the notice and meeting summary say could speed up internet access and affect telecom companies and everyday users.
Modernizing Relay Services for Disabilities
On November 20, 2025, the FCC will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 08-15) that would seek comment on ending the mandatory status of TTY-based relay service for state TRS programs, help transition analog TRS users to Internet-based TRS, propose recognizing IP Speech-to-Speech (IP STS) as a compensable form of TRS, explore certifying a national analog relay provider, and streamline provider certification and data collection.
Rescinding 2025 Ruling to Boost Cybersecurity
On November 20, 2025, the FCC will consider an Order on Reconsideration in PS Docket No. 22-329 that would rescind a January 2025 Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and advance an agile, collaborative approach to protecting the nation's communications systems from cyberattacks. The document describes this action as intended to improve defenses for national communications infrastructure.
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