Wi-Fi Alliance
Wi-Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association dedicated to enablement of Wi-Fi technology.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Report on the review of the Digital Decade Policy Programme
7 Jan 2026
Wi-Fi Alliance appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions review of the Digital Decade Policy Programme (DDPP). Wi-Fi is indispensable to achieving Europes Digital Decade objectives as it is the primary way Europeans access the internetacross homes, enterprises, public services, transport networks, and industrial environments. Because of its pervasive deployment, affordability, and rapid innovation cycle, Wi-Fi is essential to achieving the DDPPs connectivity, skills, digital transformation, and green transition objectives. As the Commission evaluates the effectiveness and future direction of the Digital Decade Policy Programme, we encourage stronger recognition of Wi-Fis strategic role in Europes connectivity ecosystem. Ensuring a more Wi-Fi-inclusive Programme will help Europe achieve its 2030 digital targets, remain globally competitive, accelerate digital transformation, strengthen economic resilience, and deliver affordable, high-performance connectivity for all citizens and enterprises. To support these objectives and maximize the benefits of advanced digital infrastructure, Wi-Fi Alliance respectfully submits a set of recommendations outlined in the attached file.
Read full responseMeeting with Peter Stuckmann (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
12 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming Digital Networks Act
Response to Digital Networks Act
7 Jul 2025
Wi-Fi Alliance welcomes the Commissions efforts to address fragmentation and investment gaps in the EUs digital infrastructure. The Digital Networks Act (DNA) is a vital opportunity to promote a more inclusive, harmonized framework that fully reflects the importance of license-exempt wireless networks in achieving the Unions connectivity targets. 1. Prioritizing Indoor Connectivity for Digital Inclusion Indoor networks are the foundation of Europes digital life and Wi-Fi is the primary means of accessing broadband in homes, schools, workplaces, and public spaces. Yet indoor connectivity remains an afterthought in many national plans and funding schemes. We urge the Commission to: - Recognize indoor wireless infrastructure as a core pillar of both national and Union-level digital strategies. - Issue implementation guidelines ensuring that cost-effective technologies like Wi-Fi are eligible for public support. - Prioritize indoor connectivity in key sectors such as education, healthcare, accessibility, and public safety. 2. Strengthening the Digital Single Market through Connectivity Choice The DNA presents a timely opportunity to strengthen the EUs Digital Single Market by ensuring that European citizens, businesses, and institutions benefit from a diverse, interoperable, and innovation-driven communications delivered by Wi-Fi technology. Wi-Fi is a cornerstone of Europes digital economy. It delivers high-performance, low-cost connectivity and supports innovation, competition, and user choice. DNA should: - Formally recognize license-exempt technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi) as critical elements of the Unions connectivity infrastructure. - Encourage Member States to support the continued evolution and deployment of license-exempt wireless networks, especially in dense and indoor environments. - Promote regulatory parity where license-exempt networks contribute meaningfully to digital targets alongside licensed alternatives. 3. Enabling Future-Ready Infrastructure with Forward-Looking Spectrum Policy Europes digital future depends on the availability of sufficient and harmonized spectrum resources. The latest generation of Wi-FiWi-Fi 7requires access to wide, contiguous channels in the 6 GHz band to deliver multi-gigabit performance and low latency. Without this, networks will face congestion, and Europe risks falling behind global peers that have already opened the full 1200 MHz of the 6 GHz band. Wi-Fi Alliance urges the Commission to: - Preserve and expand license-exempt access to the 6 GHz band (5.9457.125 GHz), ensuring alignment with global developments. - Adopt policies that support Wi-Fi 7 and next-generation standards that bring fiber-class performance to mass-market devices. 4. Enhancing Communications Resilience through Technology Diversity Communications resilience the capacity to maintain and restore communications during disruptionsis a growing strategic priority for Europe. Achieving true resilience requires redundancy, decentralization, and technology diversity. License-exempt technologies like Wi-Fi play a critical role by: - Providing local connectivity and failover during wide-area network outages. - Enabling rapid deployment in emergencies or underserved areas. - Powering essential enterprise and public services. The DNA should recognize the role of license-exempt technologies in resilience planning and avoid frameworks that disproportionately favor vertically integrated, operator-led models at the expense of open, flexible, and user-driven solutions. Conclusion The DNA is a critical opportunity to secure Europes digital future. Wi-Fi Alliance encourages the Commission to advance a balanced and forward-looking policy framework that reinforces the Digital Single Market, safeguards communications resilience, and promotes technology diversity. Wi-Fi is a proven, essential component of Europes connectivity ecosystemand must remain central to its future.
Read full responseMeeting with Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Cisco Systems Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
28 Jan 2025 · Role of WiFi technology in advanced connectivity