Review of the Commission's Rules Governing the 896-901/935-940 MHz Band

What it does

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) continues its efforts to expand broadband access in the 896-901/935-940 MHz band. This Report and Order now makes broadband available across all ten megahertz of this band. This Report and Order creates three options for 900 MHz licenses: a narrowband license; paired three-megahertz channels, called 3/3 broadband licenses: and paired five-megahertz channels, called 5/5 licenses.

The Federal Communications Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

3 parts of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

47 CFR 2, 47 CFR 27, 47 CFR 90

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Communications Commission has published 59 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 78 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective April 30, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 47 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register