On Thursday 17 June, the European Commission adopted a decision on harmonising the use of the 6 GHz band for wireless networks across the European Union. This will increase capacity in order to meet the growing demands of devices, online applications and other services that require more bandwidth and speed.
Specifically, this decision on harmonisation will make 480 MHz of additional spectrum available, on top of the 538.5 MHz that is already available in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.
This decision means that the European Union is following in the footsteps of other countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, which have already gradually begun to make frequencies available in the 6 GHz band.
“Making more bandwidth available for Wi-Fi services is fundamental for facilitating innovation and for reaching the proposed Digital Decade targets for 2030, according to which all European households should have gigabit connectivity”, said the European Commission in a statement.
Member States will have until 1 December 2021 to make this band available.
Read the Commission document: https://bit.ly/3xtJPiE (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)