For Immediate Release

October 3, 2025

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In case you missed it – Robin Colwell, Deputy Director for the National Economic Council, reiterated the Trump Administration’s support for 6 GigaHertz (GHz) Wi-Fi in conversation with Spectrum for the Future’s Policy Director Dave Wright at this week’s SCTE TechExpo25, reports Broadband Breakfast. The 6 GHz band for unlicensed spectrum powers Wi-Fi and enables spectrum users without a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license, like schools, hospitals and transportation hubs, to connect to the internet.

Colwell suggested that protecting the 6 GHz band–and America’s global leadership on Wi-Fi–is a high priority for the Trump Administration and in the nation’s best interest.

“A number of us in this Administration were very intimately involved in designating the 6 GHz and 5.9 GHz bands so we could become a worldwide leader in Wi-Fi…We fought tooth-and-nail to get it, and I don’t understand why anybody would think we’re trying to go back on that now…we were right, it worked” said Colwell. “You saw the President. We want to maintain our leadership here.”

Colwell served in the first Trump Administration as special assistant to the president for economic policy where she worked closely with former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and current FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to advance several spectrum achievements, including the nation’s commitment to unlicensed spectrum.

Other sessions across the annual event also underscored the importance of shared-use models, including the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), and warned against changes that would disrupt U.S. innovation and investment by a wide array of users.

“Both of these examples you just heard about – 6 GHz and CBRS – are shared bands,” said Monisha Ghosh, professor of electrical engineering at University of Notre Dame. “There is a huge advantage that comes with sharing. You don’t have to pay incumbents. You don’t have to wait for them to vacate the space. You can just layer on another use, on that same band.”

Read the full Broadband Breakfast article here.