FCC Open Commission Meeting – March 26, 2026: Robocalls, Network Modernization, Spectrum, and Regulatory Cleanup

The FCC's March 26, 2026 open meeting covers seven agenda items spanning telecommunications policy. The most consumer-facing item proposes rulemaking to address offshore call center abuses, including measures to encourage onshoring of call centers, improve customer service standards, and combat illegal robocall scams originating from foreign call centers. A separate rulemaking targets numbering policy reforms to cut off robocall operators' access to U.S. phone number resources. On infrastructure, the Commission will vote on a Report and Order to reduce regulatory barriers to network transitions from legacy (copper/TDM) systems to modern IP-based infrastructure, accelerating the retirement of outdated networks. A space spectrum item proposes new spectrum allocations for command and control of spacecraft involved in emerging commercial space operations that do not offer public radiocommunications services. On the regulatory housekeeping front, the Commission will update its suspension and debarment rules by aligning them with OMB governmentwide guidance, adding FCC-specific tools to remove bad actors from Commission programs. Broadcast rules will be modernized to reflect current application processing and remove legacy filing system references. Finally, 18 obsolete rules—including 17 from the Auctions Division and one from the Office of International Affairs—will be deleted under the ongoing 'Delete, Delete, Delete' deregulation initiative.

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