President Kris Hutchison and others from Aviation Spectrum Resources Inc. met with FCC Wireless Bureau staff on a request the company made as part of the “Delete” proceeding. In that proceeding, ASRI asked the commission “to eliminate an outmoded rule specifying a geographic restriction for the aeronautical VHF channel of 136.750 MHz, which limits the efficient and constructive use of the aeronautical VHF band by the aviation industry.”

The FCC Wireless Bureau on Wednesday approved a request from the C-band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse (RPC) to end operations at the end of June (see 2505140034). The bureau also designated Verizon, “on behalf of all the 3.7 GHz Service licensees, to directly assume responsibility for the RPC’s last outstanding program cost ‘in the event of a favorable Commission or favorable final court ruling regarding the pending appeal.’” That step was at the request of the RPC.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday urged the FCC to take last week’s Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of environmental reviews into account as it considers changes to rules on National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) requirements (see 2505290075). The FCC is seeking comment on a CTIA petition seeking regulatory relief on NEPA and National Historic Preservation Act rules, which has proven controversial (see 2505160035).

The Wireline Bureau reminded recipients in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program that they must file status updates with the FCC every 90 days. The next due date is July 2, said a notice in Tuesday’s Daily Digest.

The Rural Wireless Association, Communications Workers of America and public interest groups asked the FCC to consider spectrum sales between UScellular and the three major wireless carriers together, rather than as separate transactions. “These transactions represent a significant restructuring of the mobile wireless market and effectuate the exit of UScellular as a mobile wireless carrier,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 25-150. The groups met with staff from across the FCC, along with Public Knowledge, New America’s Open Technology Institute and the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.

Astra Navigation asked the FCC to consider its technology, which translates magnetic fields into navigational data, as a non-spectrum-reliant alternative to GPS for positioning, navigation and timing. The company offers “an American-made technology that converts the Earth’s magnetic fields into 3D positioning data without reliance on network connectivity or deployment of special infrastructure,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 25-110. Company representatives met with staff from across the agency.

Verizon certified at the FCC that it’s in compliance with the agency’s vertical-location accuracy requirements and has deployed z-axis location technology “on a nationwide basis at accuracy within 3 meters above or below (plus or minus 3 meters) the handset” for 80% of wireless 911 calls made from z-axis-capable devices. Verizon is also delivering z-axis data to 911 call centers in height-above-ellipsoid format and “has complied with the test bed and live call data provisions in the rules,” said a filing Monday in docket 17-78.

Federated Wireless executives discussed the need for changes to the citizens broadband radio service rules in a meeting with staff from the FCC Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology, said a filing posted Monday in docket 17-258. Federated officials discussed “several practical, near-term improvements that can be readily implemented” in the band.

Amateur radio operator Hunter Reed asked the FCC to launch a rulemaking on expanding agency rules from 40 years ago, which require local governments to reasonably accommodate amateur radio installations, to clarify that they apply to homeowners associations (HOAs). The current rules don’t “extend to private land-use restrictions enforced by HOAs,” said the petition posted Monday in docket 25-133. “In an era where a significant portion of residential housing is governed by HOAs, this omission critically hampers the ability of many licensed operators to install antennas and fulfill their public service and emergency communication roles.”

The FCC announced Monday a 30-day extension of the June 9 deadline for current 4.9 GHz licensees to provide the agency with granular licensing data or face cancellation of their licenses. The new deadline is July 9.