{"abstract":"This document amends the Commission rules governing the operation of unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices in the 5 GHz band to make broadband technologies more widely available for consumers and businesses by increasing power and permitting outdoor use in the U-NII-1 band and by adding 25 megahertz to the U-NII-3 band; it also takes steps to reduce the potential for harmful interference to incumbent operations. The proceeding satisfies the requirements of the Spectrum Act, by which Congress required that the Commission begin a proceeding regarding U-NII devices in the 5 GHz band within a year if it determined, after consultation with NTIA, that incumbents will be protected and their missions will not be compromised.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2014/05/01/2014-09279.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":2,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":15,"title":47}],"citation":"79 FR 24569","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective June 2, 2014 except for Sec. 15.407(j), which contains information collection requirements that have not been approved by OMB. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["ET Docket No. 13-49","FCC 14-30"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2014-09279","effective_on":"2014-06-02","end_page":24580,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2014/05/01/2014-09279.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/05/01/2014-09279/unlicensed-national-information-infrastructure-u-nii-devices-in-the-5-ghz-band","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2014-09279?publication_date=2014-05-01","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2014-05-01/2014-09279/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":12,"page_views":{"count":9812,"last_updated":"2026-06-27 14:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-05-01/pdf/2014-09279.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-09279.pdf?1398862119","publication_date":"2014-05-01","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2014/05/01/2014-09279.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2014-05-21T08:07:10Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":24569,"subtype":null,"title":"Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) Devices in the 5 GHz Band","toc_doc":"Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (UNII) Devices in the 5 GHz Band","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Communications equipment","Radio"],"type":"Rule","volume":79}