{"id":60688,"date":"2015-02-11T07:38:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T12:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=60688"},"modified":"2015-02-11T07:38:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T12:38:43","slug":"latta-others-sponsor-wi-fi-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/02\/11\/latta-others-sponsor-wi-fi-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta, others sponsor Wi-Fi legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>U.S. House of Representatives information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212;\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio), Vice Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Communications and Technology Subcommittee, along with Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee Anna G. Eshoo (D-California), and Reps. Darrell Issa (R-California), Doris Matsui (D-California) and Suzan DelBene (D-Washington), reintroduced the Wi-Fi Innovation Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that addresses growing spectrum demand by examining ways to improve spectrum efficiency and maximize its use.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33253\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Latta-Bob-8-2012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33253 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"U.S. Rep. Bob Latta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Latta-Bob-8-2012.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Bob Latta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs more and more technologies utilize Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet, the need for increased wireless spectrum grows,\u201d Latta said. \u201cThe Wi-Fi Innovation Act examines ways to maximize spectrum use by efficiently expanding the deployment of wireless networks and services, so everyone can benefit from next-generation technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtilizing unlicensed spectrum remains a critical component of promoting economic development and increased connectivity across the country, and the Wi-Fi Innovation Act would help bridge the digital divide,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Wi-Fi Innovation Act directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct tests within the 5 GHz spectrum band to determine if spectrum can be shared without interfering with current users.\u00a0The bill also acknowledges ongoing efforts related to the development of critical safety applications in vehicles and other intelligent transportation initiatives and creates a study to examine the barriers to Wi-Fi deployment in low-income areas.<\/p>\n<p>Similar legislation was also introduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. House of Representatives information WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212;\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio), Vice Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Communications and Technology Subcommittee, along with Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee Anna G. Eshoo (D-California), and Reps. Darrell Issa (R-California), Doris Matsui (D-California) and Suzan DelBene (D-Washington), reintroduced the Wi-Fi Innovation Act, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 11:19:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}