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.

Rosenworcel, a Democrat, pushed for the FCC to change its rules and expand unlicensed service in one band of the spectrum and guard portions of other bands. By doing so, she wrote, “we can seriously expand Wi-Fi opportunities.”

“Given the multiplying number of wireless devices in our lives and the growing demands on our airwaves — licensed and unlicensed — now is not a moment too soon.”

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