WI-Fi Alliance Asks FCC Aides for Action on 6 GHz Order
Wi-Fi Alliance representatives spoke with aides to all four FCC commissioners seeking action on the long-pending Further NPRM on the 6 GHz band, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-295. The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology has reportedly…
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started work on an order addressing the 2020 FNPRM (see 2207060036). “Despite the Commission trailblazing the use of the 6 GHz band for unlicensed operations, regulators in other countries have rapidly advanced beyond the Commission’s initial decision, allowing more complete use of the band for very low power and additional low power indoor use,” the alliance said: “We observed that 6 GHz incumbents in those other countries are no different than in the U.S. -- with extensive fixed microwave and satellite services deployments in the band.”