According to CNBC, the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it will vote on a proposal to auction 25 megahertz of prime spectrum to support direct-to-device services from satellites to smartphones. The agency also said it will vote Oct. 29 on taking public comment on a plan to make an additional 482MHz of spectrum available for supplemental coverage from space and to modernize FCC rules for D2D services in licensed spectrum. A third proposal would eliminate a restriction that blocks drone operations in the 800 MHz Cellular band. The proposals could benefit SpaceX and Amazon, both of which are expanding direct-to-device services through satellite networks. Amazon asked the FCC in July to approve the launch of up to 5,105 internet satellites for a direct-to-device constellation, and in August said it would acquire Globalstar in a deal worth more than $11.5 billion to support its Leo satellite internet business. On Tuesday, the FCC's Space Bureau granted an application for SpaceX's new direct-to-cell system of 15,000 satellites. The FCC said that constellation will use spectrum SpaceX bought from EchoStar earlier this year.