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Tech Players Urge FCC to Draw Line on Changed International Rules for 6 GHz

Tech companies said it's important that the U.S. advocate no change to 6425-7125 MHz in ITU radio regulations, as recommended by the FCC’s World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (see 2202150030), at next year’s WRC. “We discussed the Commission’s efforts towards…

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global harmonization of unlicensed use of 6 GHz,” said filing posted Wednesday in docket 16-185: “We highlighted the economic and technological importance of unlicensed use in the full band, particularly for continued development of Wi-Fi 7 equipment. As the world leader in Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies, the U.S. is a global leader in unlicensed innovation, with U.S. firms holding significant W-Fi 6E patents, and U.S. consumers and enterprises relying heavily on the hundreds of millions of access points and hotspots around the world, along with billions of client devices." Representatives of Cisco, Meta Platforms and Microsoft were among those on a call with an aide to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.