WASHINGTON (Sept. 23, 2015) – The R Street Institute announced today it has joined a host of technology companies and public-policy groups in the Wifi Forward coalition. The coalition aims to preserve, protect and extend existing technical specifications for Wi-Fi use.

In addition, the coalition seeks standards for unlicensed broadband spectrum that will protect and strengthen existing designations, as well as free up new spectrum at all frequencies. The unlicensed spectrum consists of those bands that any operator of wireless devices is free to use. The Consumer Electronics Association estimates the unlicensed spectrum generates $62 billion a year in economic value.

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