UTC Seeks Protection of 6 GHz Band if Used for Wi-Fi
The Utilities Technology Council reported on meetings with aides to all FCC members, except Chairman Ajit Pai, on the importance of the 6 GHz band (see 1905200048) to its members (see here, here, here and here). Critical infrastructure companies…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
use the band for “safe, reliable and secure delivery of essential services,” UTC said in docket 18-295: “Owing to the criticality of these services, their microwave systems are designed, built, and maintained to operate at extremely high standards for reliability and low latency. Potential interference from unlicensed operations represents an unreasonable risk to the performance of these microwave systems in the 6 GHz band, and the parties explained that interference must be prevented rather than fixed after the fact.” The agency is examining Wi-Fi and other unlicensed use of the band (see 1903190050).