A Summer Blockbuster Open Meeting [telecom]

A Summer Blockbuster Open Meeting

By Ajit Pai | FCC Chairman

In the spirit of the summer blockbuster season, the Commission's June

7 meeting is going to be our own version of "Avengers: Infinity War." We're taking familiar headliners - freeing up spectrum, removing barriers to infrastructure buildout, expanding satellite services, modernizing outdated rules, eliminating waste, improving accessibility, protecting consumers - and rolling them into one, super-sized meeting.

Fittingly, our featured order is a sequel of its own. For the past few years, one of the agency's highest priorities has been repurposing high-band spectrum for next-generation wireless services like 5G. In 2016, the FCC unanimously adopted the Spectrum Frontiers Order, which established rules for wireless broadband operations in frequencies at or above 24 GHz. Last year, we approved the Second Report and Order, which modified the 2016 rules and made available an additional 1,700 megahertz of wireless spectrum for flexible use in the 24 GHz and 47 GHz bands. Today, I'm circulating a Third Report and Order and Further Notice that takes the next steps necessary to promote U.S. leadership in 5G and to deliver advanced wireless services to American consumers.