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FCC to Vote on Orders Narrowing NEPA, Opening Satellite Spectrum

Also on the agency’s September agenda: Ultra-wideband spectrum rules, 911 access, and robocalls

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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FCC to Vote on Orders Narrowing NEPA, Opening Satellite Spectrum
Photo of a cell tower in High Ridge, Mo. by Jeff Roberson/AP

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2026 – The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote this month on an order that would narrow its environmental permitting rules, the agency said Tuesday.

The agency will also take up an order that would make more satellite spectrum available and a proposal on unlicensed ultra-wideband spectrum.

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