ISED opens 6 GHz band, tripling spectrum available for Wi-Fi

OTTAWA — Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne today announced the federal government’s decision to open the 6 GHz frequency band for licence-exempt use, making an additional 1200 MHz of spectrum available for Wi-Fi, which triples the amount currently available. Opening up the 6 GHz band (5925-7125 MHz band) for Wi-Fi use is expected to help alleviate congestion in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands currently used by Wi-Fi devices. While Canadian wireless carriers were hoping the government would reserve the band for 5G, the move mirrors the decision made in April 2020 by the U.S. Federal...