Wi-Fi Alliance Unveils Wi-Fi 6E for Connected Products

Just in time for CES, the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced Wi-Fi 6E Friday, to identify Wi-Fi 6 products able to operate in the 6 GHz band. “Unlicensed spectrum stands out as one of the FCC’s most successful policy experiments,” the alliance said: “By allowing permissionless innovation in a band of spectrum, we’ve seen billions of dollars of economic value created, millions of people and devices connected and terabytes of critical data sent via technology like Wi-Fi.” Commissioner Mike O’Rielly said the agency should move forward on the 6 GHz proceeding. “Must conclude @FCC proceeding ASAP, including parameters to protect incumbents, getting multiple unlicensed layers … into innovators' hands," he tweeted. "Unlicensed in 6 GHz will be transformative!”