Senate Commerce Under Pressure To Act on Wi-Fi Innovation Act
Several industry stakeholders pressed the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee on the Wi-Fi Innovation Act (S-424). “This legislation directs the FCC to explore making the upper part of the 5 GHz frequency band available for unlicensed use, paving…
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the way for Wi-Fi at gigabit speeds using the latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac,” said a letter dated Wednesday, signed by the American Library Association, the Competitive Carriers Association, CompTIA, CCIA, Engine, Free Press, NCTA, New America’s Open Technology Institute, Public Knowledge, the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association. “Making this spectrum available for use by Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies would spur innovation, add value to the U.S. economy and help fulfill our nation’s goals of ubiquitous, affordable broadband access. … We urge the Committee to move quickly to bring this bipartisan bill with widespread support to the floor, and urge Congress to pass it.” Much of the upper 5 GHz is devoted to intelligent transportation technology.