Carriers make a final push to strip 290 MHz before the FCC's October 29 satellite spectrum vote
From the Space digest for Oct 27, 2026
What happened: MSN reports AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon — through CTIA, the wireless-industry trade group — have filed a petition asking the FCC to strip 290 MHz of spectrum from a proposed 482 MHz expansion for satellite use, ahead of the agency's vote scheduled for Wednesday, October 29.
What's genuinely new: The filing's formal vehicle (CTIA) and a hard deadline: the October 29 vote date. The carriers' opposition itself was already reported on October 25; the petition arriving against a specific vote day moves the dispute from argument to schedule.
Watch: The October 29 vote outcome, whether the 290 MHz stays in the final item, and what the result means for Starlink Mobile's direct-to-device spectrum lane.
Sources MSN