Interconnected TMT

Following the end of the government shutdown and the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC or Commission) full reopening of operations, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr released a tentative agenda on November 25 for the Commission’s December Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Details on the three items expected to be considered at the Open Meeting are summarized below:

On September 9th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) released a tentative agenda for its September Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 30, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The Commission released public drafts of the five items expected to be considered at the Open Meeting, which are detailed below:

On June 6, 2025, the Commerce Department issued new guidance in the $42.5 billion Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. The guidance, titled the “BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice,” introduces many significant changes to the broadband deployment subsidy program, most notably:

On March 6, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a tentative agenda for its next Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 27 at 10:30 a.m. ET. The FCC released public drafts of three of the four items expected to be considered at the Open Meeting: