Actionable Benefits
- Plan 6 Gigahertz (GHz) product production strategy with forecasts through 2030 for shipments of 6 GHz-enabled Wi-Fi infrastructure and devices.
- Gauge the size of the market for dual-band-only Wi-Fi 7 and for tri-band Wi-Fi 7 with projections for shipments of the two Wi-Fi 7 varieties through 2030.
- Understand the current state of 6 GHz spectrum access globally with a detailed overview of current policies by region with analysis of key countries.
- Identify which portions of the 7 GHz spectrum are the most likely to be allocated for unlicensed use in the future.
Research Highlights
- Forecasts for shipments of 6 GHz-enabled Wi-Fi infrastructure and devices.
- Data to highlight the growing chasm between shipments of dual-band only Wi-Fi 7 and tri-band Wi-Fi 7.
- Global tracking of current 6 GHz policies on a country level, with regional analysis for North America, Latin America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.
- Analysis of the proposal from the United Kingdom’s Ofcom for a spectrum sharing approach for the upper 6 GHz band.
- Insight into future unlicensed spectrum allocation proposals, including in the 7 GHz band.
Critical Questions Answered
- At what pace are shipments of 6 GHz-enabled Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and enterprise Access Points (APs) projected to increase?
- What proportion of Wi-Fi 7 infrastructure shipments will support 6 GHz, and what proportion will only support the legacy 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands?
- Which countries have the most favorable unlicensed 6 GHz policies, and which have restrictive policies or no access to 6 GHz at all?
- Could the spectrum sharing approach for the upper 6 GHz band proposed by the United Kingdom’s Ofcom be emulated by Europe?
- What were the results of the world’s first auction of the upper 6 GHz spectrum band in Hong Kong last November?
- Will there be further allocations of additional unlicensed spectrum in the 7 GHz band in the near future?
Who Should Read This?
- Wi-Fi equipment and device vendors wishing to understand the current state of global unlicensed spectrum policy and future trends.
- National telecommunications regulators involved in spectrum policy.
- Wi-Fi networking system integrators and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) seeking insight on how spectrum policy will impact the Wi-Fi ecosystem.