Trends and Opportunities

The WBA’s Policy & Regulatory Affairs Work Group is to track global trends and relevant policy & spectrum issues that are of concern to the WBA membership.

The Work Group will coordinate Wi-Fi advocacy efforts across membership, cities, regions and regulators globally to provide and issue industry guidelines and white papers that outline recommendations to regulators and authorities in respect to various spectrums ranges, worldwide bands allocation and public consultation consensus and responses

Business Benefits

Work closely with WBA members and regulatory bodies for improved Wi-Fi (more spectrum, better security, user experience, Passpoint® & OpenRoaming™).

Validate business opportunities of new Wi-Fi generations working in new spectrum brands and work with regulators globally.

Embrace the benefits of WBA OpenRoaming to support user authentication and address regulatory requirements for user identification issues.

Expected Deliverables

• 6 GHz band harmonization
• US FCC 6 GHz FNPRM ruling gaps coverage
• Client-to-client communication
• Successful advocacy with regional leaders in Asia,
  and South America
• Strategy for upper 6 GHz band in EU
• OpenRoaming and Passpoint collaboration strategy
• Emergency calling over Wi-Fi