FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is apparently seeking a vote on two wireless broadband auction initiatives before his chairmanship ends when President Elect Barack Obama takes office in January. Martin is looking to put the re-auction of the public-safety 700 MHz D-block spectrum and the controversial AWS-3 auction, which would require the winning bidder to dedica...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, with time dwindling to move top policy priorities as a new administration prepares to assume power in January, is laying the groundwork to win approval by mid-December of final rules for...

The FCC is currently voting on what to do about the D-Block, the 700Mhz chunk of the wireless public safety spectrum which had previously been up for auction despite Verizon’s litigious attempts to block it. However, many commercial bidders fear that the auction plan as structured is not commercially viable, while public safety groups and a few members of Congress feel that the spectrum woul...

The potentially cataclysmic collapse of Wall Street has injected a new, pressing issue into an advancing — yet still highly unsettled — D-Block debate: capital for a nationwide or regional collection of cutting-edge, public-safety/commercial...

The FCC yesterday officially voted to re-auction the nationwide 700 MHz D-block spectrum at an opening bid of $750 million.

As expected the FCC today voted to move forward with a plan to re-auction the 700 MHz public safety block, this time with many of its more stringent requirements eased. Looking for our newsletter content? Subscribe now and get access to content not available on our Web site or RSS feeds. Telephony Email Newsletters

The Federal Communications Commission voted to put in play a new 700 MHz auction plan to foster improved public-safety and commercial wireless broadband communications.

The FCC voted on Thursday to move ahead with plans to auction the 700 MHz D-block spectrum and create a national interoperable network for first responders, setting the stage for a possible final ruling later this year. The proposed plan would create three alternate sets of D-Block spectrum--one for a national network and two regional networks. The minimum bid for the spectrum will ...

If at first you don’t succeed in selling, cut the price and announce a sale.

The FCC will vote today on the rules that will be placed on the unsold D-block spectrum from this year's 700 MHz spectrum auction. The D-block was reserved for a public safety network. The FCC has been mulling options ...