COVID-19 Shows Need for More Wi-Fi Spectrum: MMTC; Tech Also Lobbies on 6 GHz
The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council asked the FCC to act on a proposal to open the 6 GHz band for sharing with Wi-Fi and other unlicensed use (see 2004020066). “The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a harsh light on…
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the impact that disparity in access has on lower-income and minority groups who are on the wrong side of the digital divide,” the group said in a filing posted Friday in docket 18-295. “The perils of those on the wrong side of the digital divide can no longer be ignored.” The FCC is focused on protecting incumbents as it opens the band, Chairman Ajit Pai told Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii. “The Commission's technical experts in our Office of Engineering and Technology have spent considerable time reviewing the substantial record that has been compiled in this proceeding and meeting with interested stakeholders,” Pai said in a letter posted Friday. Commissioners vote April 23 on opening the band to Wi-Fi. Tech companies reported on calls with aides to the commissioners, except Pai. Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Microsoft discussed “the importance of authorizing unlicensed use … for standard-power, low-power indoor, and very-low-power devices, at power levels that will successfully enable key use cases and applications.”