The next FCC open meeting was rescheduled from...

The next FCC open meeting was rescheduled from March 19 to March 31 (http://fcc.us/1ljNKGR). An FCC official said Tuesday the delay gives the agency time to finish items on 5 GHz and the AWS-3 auction. To meet a mandate of the 2012 Spectrum Act, the FCC needs to hold an AWS-3 auction by late this year to license the spectrum by February 2015, the official said. Chairman Tom Wheeler also is expected to circulate an order that could make it harder for TV stations to share some resources with other stations, which the Republican commissioners are expected to oppose (CD Feb 25 p1, Feb 24 p7).