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FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said the FCC should seize a near-term opportunity to use more of the 5 GHz band for unlicensed wireless use, and also explore ways to make use of guard bands that will be produced in the 600 MHz spectrum auction for unlicensed purposes.

Read More “FCC’s Rosenworcel looks to 5 GHz band, 600 MHz guard bands for unlicensed wireless”

For over a century, wireless services using licensed spectrum have profoundly shaped our lives. It’s difficult to imagine a world without the influence of radio, television, satellite links, and mobile telephony.

However, during the last 15 years, communication using the unlicensed bands of spectrum has witnessed an explosion in usage and utility that rivals, and in many ways eclipses, the licensed experience.

Read More “Playing by the Rules: The Success of Unlicensed Spectrum”

FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Friday put in a plug for using the guard bands in repacked 600 MHz broadcast/wireless spectrum for unlicensed wireless, while focusing on a move she said could essentially double the unlicensed bandwidth in the 5 GHz band now used by cable ops for Wi-Fi.

Read More “Rosenworcel: Unlicensed Vs. Licensed is False Choice”

In Monday’s speech, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel is expected to push for expanded unlicensed use of spectrum, including as part of the upcoming broadcast incentive auction and in the 5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands. Unlicensed spectrum can be used by any company for free and powers technologies such as Wi-Fi.

Read More “Rosenworcel Pushes for Unlicensed Spectrum”

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel wants to make sure that Wi-Fi isn’t left behind in the race to grab up chunks of the country’s airwaves. Unlike wireless phone service, Wi-Fi signals operate on unlicensed bands of the spectrum, but the space is becoming increasingly crowded, she wrote in an op-ed for re/code.

Read More “Rosenworcel pushes Wi-Fi”

“As our economy increasingly relies on spectrum, this Caucus will be an important mechanism for our colleagues and congressional staff to engage on the spectrum policies, both licensed and unlicensed, facing our economy,” Matsui said in a statement.

Read More “Members launch caucus on airwaves, spectrum”

Prepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler

GSMA Mobile World Congress

February 24, 2014 – Barcelona, Spain

Thank you, Dr. Dugan, for that introduction and thank you GSMA for welcoming me and Commissioner Rosenworcel. I also want to acknowledge Vice President Neelie Kroes.

This is my first international trip since becoming FCC Chairman. One lesson I’ve learned so far is that no matter where I go or how far I travel, I can’t get away from Randall Stephenson.

Read More “Chairman Wheeler’s Prepared Remarks at GSMA Mobile World Congress”

Chances are you used wireless technology today. Maybe it was the shiny new tablet or smartphone you received as a gift over the holidays. Or maybe it was the old cordless phone you have had lying around the house for too many years to count. It also could have been one of those things you use every day without much thought, like your television remote control. So many devices and so much of our lives are now dependent on wireless connectivity.

Read More “Growing Unlicensed Spectrum, Growing the Wireless Economy”

More than a dozen tech and cable companies have joined forces for a coalition hoping to expand and improve Wi-Fi networks.

WifiForward boasts heavyweight partners like Google, Comcast, Microsoft, Charter Communications, and Time Warner Cable. Its goal: free up more spectrum to lessen the stress on networks currently bogged down by massive use.

Read More “Google, Comcast Want to Make Sure You Have Fast Wi-Fi”