FCC Releases Agenda and Draft Proposals for July Open Commission Meeting

The FCC’s next open meeting will be on Thursday, July 24, 2025, at 10:30 AM ET. The Commission has released a tentative agenda for the meeting. The Commission will consider the following three rules during this meeting:

Accelerating Upgrade Away from Old Copper Line Networks – The FCC is seeking comments on deregulatory options to encourage providers to build, maintain, and upgrade their networks so all consumers and businesses can benefit from technological strides in the communications marketplace, while safeguarding consumers’ access to critical emergency services. The FCC is proposing to eliminate filing requirements, simplify applications, and reducing outdated rules related to old copper line networks.
Removing Barriers to Broadband Deployment and Investment – The FCC is proposing a rule 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 FCC is seeking comment on ways to further facilitate the pole attachment process and on defining the term “pole.”
Moving Closer to AWS-3 Spectrum Auction – The FCC is proposing a rule to update the 10-year-old AWS-3 service-specific designated entity eligibility requirements to bring those requirements, along with related eligibility requirements contained in the FCC’s competitive bidding rules, in line with the agency’s current auctions practice.
Streamlined Repeal of Outdated and Obsolete Rules – The FCC’s Direct Final Rule would repeal certain rules identified as outdated and obsolete via a direct final rule procedure. The FCC proposes to amend multiple parts of 47 CFR 1, 24, 63, 64, and 79.
Improved Truth-in-Billing and Slamming Rules – The FCC is proposing to modernize and simplify the slamming (illegal practice of submitting or executing a change in a costumer’s phone bill without permission) 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. The FCC is seeking comment on the current impact of slamming practices and Truth-in-Billing on consumers and seeking ways to simplify regulatory requirements for phone providers.
988 Text Georouting to Improve Access to the 988 Lifeline – The FCC is proposing 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.