July 2025 Open Commission Meeting

Jul
24
2025

July 2025 Open Commission Meeting

10:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Commission Meeting Room, FCC Headquarters, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
 
 

The FCC is holding this Open Meeting on the subjects listed below:

 
 
 
 

Public Drafts of Meeting Items – The FCC is publicly releasing the draft text of each item expected to be considered at this Open Commission Meeting with the exception of items involving specific, enforcement-related matters including restricted proceedings and hearing designation orders. One-page cover sheets are included in the public drafts to help summarize each item. Links to these materials are provided below.

 
  • Accelerating Upgrade Away from Old Copper Line Networks – The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes and seeks comment on revisions to the Commission’s network change disclosure rules and section 214(a) discontinuance processes to eliminate regulatory barriers and costs, thus encouraging the swift transition to IP-based networks and advanced communications services for consumers. (WC Docket Nos. 25-209, 25-208)
     
  • Removing Barriers to Broadband Deployment and Investment – The Commission will consider a Fifth Report and Order, a Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Orders on Reconsideration to promote broadband infrastructure deployment by ensuring greater collaboration between utilities and attachers, establishing a timeline for large pole attachment requests, implementing other improvements to the pole attachment timeline, and speeding up the contractor approval process.  The Commission would seek comment on ways to further facilitate the pole attachment process and on defining the term “pole” for purposes of section 224, and would resolve two petitions for reconsideration of prior Commission action. (WC Docket No. 17-84)
     
  • Moving Closer to AWS-3 Spectrum Auction –The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Second Report and Order that would update 10-year-old AWS-3 service-specific designated entity eligibility requirements to bring those requirements, along with related eligibility requirements contained in the part 1 competitive bidding rules, in line with the Commission’s current auctions practice. (GN Docket Nos. 25-70; 25-71; 13-185)
     
  • Streamlined Repeal of Outdated and Obsolete Rules – The Commission will consider a Direct Final Rule that would repeal certain rules identified as outdated and obsolete via a direct final rule procedure and clarify the potential use of the direct final rule procedure in other circumstances in the future. (GN Docket No. 25-133)
     
  • Improved Truth-in-Billing and Slamming Rules – The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to modernize and simplify the Commission’s slamming and Truth-in-Billing rules to reflect the evolution of the telecommunications marketplace, retain core consumer protections against unauthorized carrier switches and charges, and reduce regulatory burdens that can stifle innovation. (CG Docket No. 17-169; CC Docket No. 98-170)
     
  • 988 Text Georouting to Improve Access to the 988 Lifeline – The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would adopt rules to require wireless providers to transmit data that enables text messages sent to the 988 Lifeline to be routed to the closest local crisis center based on a person’s general geographic location. (WC Docket No. 18-336)
     
  • Personnel Action #25-09 – Promotion – The Commission will consider a personnel action.
     
  • Personnel Action #25-10 – Promotion – The Commission will consider a personnel action.
     
  • Personnel Action #25-11 – Promotion – The Commission will consider a personnel action.
     
  • Personnel Action #25-12 – Promotion – The Commission will consider a personnel action.
     
  • Personnel Action #25-13 – Promotion – The Commission will consider a personnel action.
     
  • Appointment of the Defense Commissioner – The Commission will consider a personnel action regarding the appointment of the Defense Commissioner.
 
 
 
 
 

Public Attendance – The Open Meeting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. ET in the Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. While the Open Meeting is open to the public, the FCC headquarters building is not open access, and all guests must check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L Street. Attendees at the Open Meeting will not be required to have an appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at: https://www.fcc.gov/visit. Open Meetings are streamed live at https://www.fcc.gov/live.

Press Access – Members of the news media are welcome to attend the meeting and will be provided reserved seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Following the meeting, the Chairman may hold a news conference in which he will take questions from credentialed members of the press. Afterwards, senior policy and legal staff will be made available to the press for questions related to the items on the meeting agenda. Commissioners may also choose to hold press conferences. Press may also direct questions to the Office of Media Relations (OMR): [email protected]. Questions about credentialing should be directed to OMR.

 
 
 
 

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