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Spectrum for the Future: Wi-Fi Will Be Critical to 6G

Spectrum for the Future (SFTF) encouraged the NTIA to focus on sharing as it examines the future of 6G, as the agency took comment as part of the national spectrum strategy (see 2408220043). “NTIA needs to approach the 6G ecosystem…

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by looking beyond a single standard with a single deployment strategy,” SFTF said: “The reality of spectrum use and availability today, as well as in the future, compels spectrum policy to broaden its focus and embrace other coexistence standards and spectrum frameworks, like spectrum sharing.” Research shows that Wi-Fi handles 79% of AT&T’s mobile traffic, 77% of T-Mobile’s and 78% of Verizon’s. Like earlier generations, “6G networks will form only one part of a resilient and competitive wireless ecosystem.”