# FCC just opened up another section of the 5GHz band to Wi-Fi

**URL:** <https://community.oscium.com/t/fcc-just-opened-up-another-section-of-the-5ghz-band-to-wi-fi/1455>\
**Category:** Wi-Fi News Digest\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/fcc-just-opened-up-another-section-of-the-5ghz-band-to-wi-fi/1455 "2020-11-19T18:59:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/fcc-just-opened-up-another-section-of-the-5ghz-band-to-wi-fi/1455/1 "2020-11-19T18:59:41Z")

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The new section that has been approved for Wi-Fi use is 45Mhz wide and will span 5.850GHz to 5.895GHz. The spectrum used to be reserved for vehicle to vehicle communications but it wasn’t being used for that purpose yet.

> **[FCC votes to open up more Wi-Fi spectrum](https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21573068/fcc-wifi-5-9ghz-unlicensed-spectrum-frequencies)**
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> A little more space for 5GHz Wi-Fi networks