World of Wi-Fi Roundup - Fast, Reliable Wi-Fi for Standard Power Devices across Brazil Supported through Groundbreaking Collaboration - February 23

Fast, Reliable Wi-Fi for Standard Power Devices across Brazil Supported through Groundbreaking Collaboration among DSA, Broadcom, CISCO and ABRINT

With support from Broadcom and @Cisco, ABRINT , the biggest civil association for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Brazil, and the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance have made a ground-breaking commitment to expand wireless broadband access in #Brazil by enabling standard power unlicensed use in the #6GHz band.

Brazilian regulator Anatel proposed the use of the 6 GHz band by Wi-Fi Access Points under the control of Automated Frequency Coordination (#AFC) systems with the publishing of public consultation of N° 79. If enacted, this would further advance broadband connectivity throughout Brazil by allowing outdoor use for Access Points at higher powers to increase the coverage area.

Christopher Szymanski, Director of Product Marketing for the Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division at Broadcom, commented on the announcement:

“Broadcom is thrilled to partner with ABRINT to further accelerate and support the forward leaning 6 GHz unlicensed spectrum policies being enacted by ANATEL,” said Christopher Szymanski, Director of Product Marketing for the Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division at Broadcom. “We applaud ANATEL's dedication to enabling Brazilian Internet Service Providers to level up the broadband experience for their subscribers. We are fully committed through Open AFC to develop an individualized AFC platform for Brazil that can be used by operators to provision outdoor and higher caliber wireless internet once ANATEL enables standard power 6 GHz Wi-Fi.”

Full Story: RealWire (2/23)

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Full Story: Professor Sean F. Ennis, University of East Anglia (2/8)

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Full Story: Wi-Fi NOW & Global (2/18)

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