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NCTA Slams CTIA 6 GHz Proposal

The FCC should ignore a push by CTIA for licensed use of part of the 6 GHz band (see 2003120065), NCTA said in a filing posted Friday in docket 18-295. “The United States needs more unlicensed spectrum in the near…

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term and cannot afford to delay unlicensed access to half of the 6 GHz band in order to consider an ill-conceived, last minute push by CTIA to auction the upper frequencies,” NCTA said. “Next-generation Wi-Fi technology is here: NCTA’s members have debuted Wi-Fi 6 access points, leading smartphone manufacturers have incorporated the technology, and the market expects a deluge of new Wi-Fi 6 devices in the near term.” CTIA didn't comment.