Competitive Bidding Rules for Auction of AWS-3 Licenses

Document 2025-14725 is a Final Rule published by the Federal Communications Commission in the Federal Register on August 4, 2025, with an effective date of September 3, 2025. In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts final rules that update the eligibility criteria for designated entity bidding credits in auctions for licenses in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz (AWS-3) bands. The Commission also updates its general competitive bidding rules for categorizing an entity as a small business concern. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14725/competitive-bidding-rules-for-auction-of-aws-3-licenses.

No. Document 2025-14725 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.