U.S. FCC WILL VOTE TO SPLIT KEY SPECTRUM BLOCK FOR AUTO SAFETY OF GROWING Wi-Fi DEVICES

Highlights

• The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote to finalize a plan that was announced last year to divide a block of the 5.9 GHz spectrum band reserved for automakers in 1999 to develop technology to allow vehicles to communicate with each other

• While automakers have opposed the split on safety grounds, majority of Internet providers have been vocal about importance of the spectrum in ord....