Chairman Carr Highlights Wins Delivered During First 100 Days

WASHINGTON, DC, April 29, 2025—Today, Chairman Carr summarized some of the key wins the FCC and its staff have delivered during the first 100 days.  “The FCC is off to a fast start, and I want to express my thanks and appreciation to the agency’s talented staff for the great and efficient results that they have already delivered,” Chairman Carr stated.

• Made it easier for providers to invest in new, high-speed networks by allowing them to use streamlined procedures when they apply to discontinue old copper telephone lines.
   
• Enabled providers to retire legacy copper networks in a greater number of cases.
   
• Waived unnecessary requirements that kicked in whenever a provider stopped offering a legacy service to new customers.
   
• Ended a Biden-era plan that would have slowed down infrastructure builds by subjecting tower construction projects to unnecessary and onerous environmental reviews.
   
• Waived costly and excessive notice requirements in cases where they provide no demonstrable benefit, such as network change disclosure filings.
   
• Simplified the FCC’s review of special earth station applications to efficiently clear backlogs, eliminate paperwork, and accelerate approvals.
   
• Quickly processed 85 space station and 904 earth station applications since January 20.

• Freeing up more spectrum for consumer use drives down prices, increases competition, and advances the country’s national security.  That is why the FCC has prioritized spectrum in the first 100 days.
   
• Launched a new proceeding that could free up a large swath of prime, mid-band spectrum in the C-Band.
   
• Kicked off the process for reauctioning AWS-3 spectrum licenses, marking the first new proposal for an FCC spectrum auction since 2020.
   
• Started a proceeding that looks at creative ways to allow more intensive use of 600 megahertz of spectrum in the Lower 37 GHz Band.
   
• Established a framework for automakers to transition to the next generation of wireless technology for connected cars.

• Streamlined the FCC’s process for approving earth station siting requests to reduce burdens on satellite companies and ensure the agency can move faster.
   
• Started a proceeding to enable faster satellite broadband services by updating the rules that govern spectrum sharing between satellite operators.
   
• Enabled faster and more robust direct-to-cell service by allowing providers to operate on spectrum at higher power levels.
   
• Approved a breakthrough demonstration of live video calls between mobile devices using a satellite network.
   
• Eliminated the FCC’s slow, resource intensive, and bespoke review mechanisms by starting the process of standardizing the agency’s review and approval procedures through objective metrics.

• Launched a massive deregulatory initiative titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” in which the FCC is examining every rule, regulation, or guidance document for the purpose of eliminating unnecessary regulatory burdens.
   
• Rescinded a costly, Biden-era regulatory overreach that could have increased the cost of Internet service for Americans living in apartments by as much as 50 percent.
   
• Ended the FCC’s promotion of DEI by (1) eliminating the FCC’s DEI advisory group and DEI task force, (2) rescinding the FCC’s equity action plan, (3) striking DEI from FCC strategic priorities as well as its annual budget and performance plans.
   
• Started the process of ending wasteful agency contracts, resulting in saving American taxpayers at least $463 million so far.
   
• Led the FCC’s return to full-time in-person work, resulting in 92% of employees required to be back in the office.
   
• Adopted a proposal that seeks comment on changes to the Commission’s assessment of regulatory fees for space and earth station licensees in order to make the fee structure more fair, administrable, and sustainable.

• Expanded the FCC’s work to combat illegal and annoying robocalls by adopting rules that strengthen the agency’s call blocking rules using reasonable do-not-originate lists.
   
• Proposed a new framework that would ensure caller ID authentication solutions are extended to calls transmitted over non-IP networks, where a gap persists today.
   
• Launched enforcement activities to protect Americans from robocall offenders and other bad actors in the call path.
   
• Proposed rules to ensure consumers are not inundated by excessively loud commercials.
   
• Released a Public Notice seeking comment on privacy issues related to Text-to-988.

• Established a new Council on National Security within the FCC to leverage the full scope of the agency’s authorities to counter foreign adversaries.
   
• Launched a sweeping investigation into the ongoing U.S. operations of entities that have already been determined to pose an unacceptable risk to our national security.
   
• Launched a proceeding to explore commercial technologies that would complement the Global Positioning System, which plays a key role in our economy and national security.
   
• Adopted new rules to make wireless emergency alerts more responsive to public safety and consumer needs.
   
• Proposed rules to help ensure that emerging NG911 networks are reliable and interoperable, which will help first responders save lives.
   
• Proposed improvements to wireless 911 location accuracy rules, which reduce emergency response times and ultimately save lives by enabling 911 call centers and first responders to quickly identify the location of people who call 911 from wireless phones.

• Called on U.S. technology companies to embrace America’s free speech tradition and reject calls by European regulators to censor speech on a global scale through the DSA.
   
• Instructed known U.S. technology users of the now-defunct Global Engagement Center’s Disinfo Cloud platform to disclose their testing and any adoption of censorship programs.
   
• Pushed European regulators to abandon their efforts to impose excessive regulations that will lead to more censorship on U.S. tech platforms.
   
• Joined DOJ Assistant Attorney General Slater and FTC Chairman Ferguson to launch a campaign to smash the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights.

• Opened the airwaves and unleashed new voices through grant of 94 construction permits for new noncommercial TV, FM, and low power radio stations.
  Processed over 2,100 broadcast licensing matters, including 228 license assignments and transfers plus 300 license renewals.
   
• Approved the first new ownership combination of two full-power, top-four ranked, same-market television stations in over five years.  Later approved another top-four television station ownership combination.
   
• Sought comment on opportunities to accelerate and complete the transition to Next Generation TV (ATSC 3.0) as a means to enhance broadcast TV and provide innovative new services to the American public.
   
• Holding broadcasters accountable to their public interest obligations and empowering them to serve the interests of local communities.