Unlicensed Spectrum

Austin, Texas, July 14, 2016 – Today, the United States Federal Communication Commission adopted the Spectrum Frontiers proposal to identify and open substantial amounts of high-band spectrum (known as millimeter bands) for flexible use wireless broadband. The new rules would open nearly 11 GHz of spectrum, 7 GHz of which would be dedicated to unlicensed usage.

Austin, Texas, March 7, 2016 – Wi-Fi Alliance commends the Senate Commerce Committee on its approval of the MOBILE NOW Act. The approval represents the broad consensus on the economic and social benefits of unlicensed spectrum and the critical role unlicensed spectrum plays in driving innovation. The amended bill directs the FCC and NTIA to develop a national plan for making adequate unlicensed spectrum available to meet growing consumer demand, and it requires the allocation of 100 MHz of spectrum for unlicensed use.

Look for smarter, higher performing, and more ubiquitous Wi-Fi

Austin, Texas, November 13, 2015 – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Promoting Unlicensed Spectrum Act this week, promoting the availability of additional unlicensed spectrum, requesting for the development of a national unlicensed strategy, and calling for balance between radio frequency bands made available for licensed and unlicensed use in future spectrum allocation and assignment actions.

New research demonstrates central role of Wi-Fi, underscores need for fair sharing in unlicensed spectrum

Austin, TX, July 30, 2015 - Today Senator Brian Schatz presented a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in response to the FCC's Public Notice on unlicensed LTE. Wi-Fi Alliance^® thanks Senator Schatz for his leadership on unlicensed spectrum policy and his recognition of the risk to more than 200 million Wi-Fi^® users in the United States if LTE deployments in unlicensed spectrum fail to implement mechanisms that ensure fairness.

ABI Research reports that 68 percent of Wi-Fi devices sold this year will be dual-band; Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ ac consumer products proliferating 

Austin, TX, April 17, 2015 - Wi-Fi Alliance applauds the FCC's efforts toward making additional spectrum available for unlicensed operations in the 3.5 GHz band. Unlicensed spectrum is one of the true backbones of the world economy, enabling hundreds of billions of dollars in global commerce annually. In the U.S.

Austin, Texas, February 10, 2015 –Today in the United States Congress, Senators Rubio