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Who is NCTA?

We innovate, create, and connect to shape the future of entertainment and technology.

NCTA – The Internet & Television Association’s member companies deliver connectivity available to 85% of U.S. homes connect and create award-winning TV programming. As innovators and creators, NCTA members built the United States’ largest broadband platform providing high-speed internet service to over 79 million homes and mobile service to 22 million customers. We also shape the TV landscape, offering award-winning programming that entertains, informs, and inspires.

What We Do

Connecting communities to possibilitiy.

We deliver more than broadband and entertainment—we create opportunities. NCTA focuses on critical common objectives and effectively amplifies our industry’s impact in communities and across the U.S. economy.

The Future of Wi-Fi

Expanding Wi-Fi requires smart spectrum management and innovative solutions.

The wireless spectrum that Wi-Fi relies on is a finite resource that is becoming crowded. To ensure Wi-Fi can keep up with demand, we need a smart spectrum policy that unlocks more unlicensed spectrum and a shared spectrum model that protects national security and emergency services. As usage is soaring, it’s more important than ever to manage spectrum in ways that reflect how consumers access the internet today and into the future. 

Instead of auctioning spectrum to benefit exclusive users, policymakers should embrace a shared spectrum model that protects national defense interests, unleashes innovation, and secures America’s technology future. Shared use models like CBRS allow critical legacy users like the armed forces or emergency services to continue using their bands while safely allowing other players to use the spectrum, freeing up important capacity.

More unlicensed spectrum is needed to continue America’s technology innovation leadership.

Allocating more unlicensed spectrum will also unleash next-generation Wi-Fi technology. Lawmakers should move forward swiftly with studying the 7 GHz band, the lower 3 GHz band, and in general establish policies that allow the country to harness these technologies to unleash wireless connectivity.

A Look at the Numbers

Wi-Fi drives our connected world.

90%

Mobile data carried on Wi-Fi networks

Source: Nokia

$2.4T

Estimated economic impact of Wi-Fi technology by 2027

Source: Wi-Fi Forward/Telecom Advisory Services

367M

6 GHz-enabled Wi-Fi devices by 2029

Source: Wi-Fi Forward/ABI Research

22M

Number of cable mobile customers, more than doubling over past 3 years

Source: NCTA Analysis

The U.S. Leads in Wi-Fi Innovation

Driving global success through leadership and decentralized technology.

The United States is a global leader in Wi-Fi innovation, driving advancements that power faster connectivity, greater reliability, and new opportunities for consumers, businesses, and communities everywhere.

Wi-Fi strengthens America's position in the global wireless ecosystem and helps maintain a competitive edge against China.

Three of the top global Wi-Fi chipset suppliers are U.S.-based, along with leading enterprise and consumer device manufacturers.

The U.S. holds key Wi-Fi patents, reinforcing leadership in wireless innovation.

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Russ Hanser
Chief Legal Officer and SVP
Legal & Regulatory Affairs
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Rikin Thakker
CTO and SVP
Technology
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Traci Biswese
Associate General Counsel and VP
Legal & Regulatory Affairs
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