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6G mobile could divide the world
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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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Tldr: different countries wanna do 6g differently. Actually a big problem is the big beautiful bill that just passed in the US. Wifi6e/7 6ghz spectrum that was reserved for wifi got approved to get auctioned off. But it's already a global standard. If us cell cariers buy it up and use it to make faster 6g cell speeds (short distance very high speed). That's going to fragment standards globally.
Cell carriers don't currently use anywhere near all their spectrum they already own.
I don't think that's exactly right. Spectrum that's already reserved for unlicensed use (wifi) was explicitly excluded from the auction directive.
There may be some spectrum in that band that's not already reserved for wifi yet that will end up auctioned, though.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/trump-and-congress-finalize-law-that-could-hurt-your-wi-fi/
The act itself still appears to include the language excluding wifi spectrum.
EDIT: Unless that only protected sub-6 wifi frequencies...