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On January 29, the FCC opened the 6 GHz band to a powerful new class of Wi-Fi devices — deepening a uniquely American bet that the prime mid-band spectrum carriers pay tens of billions to license should instead stay free for anyone to use.
Ordinary smartphones can now reach satellites from places no cell tower covers — a feat engineers considered impractical a few years ago. One change to the global 5G standard made it work, and it has set off a multibillion-dollar scramble for the dead zone.
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