FCC Has Needed Authority to Issue 2.5 GHz Licenses: Carr
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr criticized the agency Thursday for declining to issue licenses that T-Mobile and others won in the 2.5 GHz auction last year, saying the agency had the right to do so despite its auction authority lapsing this…
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year (see 2304260058). “The FCC’s statutory is clear, and the analysis is straightforward,” Carr said during a Senate confirmation hearing (see 2306220067), in response to question from Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C. The FCC’s authority to hold an auction under Section 309(j) of the Communications Act expired, but its authority under Section 309(a) to award licenses remains, Carr said: “When we issue licenses bought at auction, we always cite 309(a), not 309(j), as source of authority.” The FCC didn't comment.