FCC Announces September Open Meeting Agenda

The Federal Communications Commission announced the agenda for its September open meeting. In the September 30, 2021 meeting, the FCC will:

• Revisit the Wireless Resiliency Cooperative Framework, its network outage reporting rules, and strategies to address electric power outages.
• Revisit remaking the 4.9 GHz band and seek comment on how to advance the FCC's original goal to ensure public safety enjoys maximum access to emerging broadband technologies while also increasing overall use of the band through a single framework that will support 5G.
• Vote to initiate the process for certifying Wi-Fi 6 supported systems and speed the deployment of next-generation Wi-Fi.
• Start a Notice of Inquiry to better understand the current and future spectrum needs of Internet of Things connectivity.
• Consider a proposal to require gateway providers that are the point of entry for foreign calls to use new caller ID authentication tools and perform robocall mitigation.
• Consider a proposal to bolster the Do-Not-Call registry for telephone numbers used by 911 call centers.
• Vote on a proposal to ensure Tribal entities can access the E-Rate program and prevent the issue of Tribal libraries being shut off from E-Rate support.
• Vote to adopt a baseline set of national security and law enforcement questions for certain companies with foreign ownership.