FCC Chair Carr sets up vote on rulemaking process for auctioning spectrum to fund rip-and-replace shortfall

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr highlights increasing the availability of spectrum as one of his priorities in a blog post on proposals that will be considered at his first meeting leading the commission, including a rulemaking to address the funding shortfall for the rip-and-replace program.

“This meeting shows that the agency will be laser focused on accelerating efforts that can get more spectrum into the marketplace. This month, we will vote to kickstart the process for reauctioning a large number of...