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WifiForward Slams Axon Waiver Request

WifiForward called on the FCC to reject Axon's waiver request that would allow it to market three investigative and surveillance devices operating at higher power levels than allowed under FCC rules in the heavily used 5 GHz spectrum. Law enforcement…

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agencies are the intended market for the devices. The proposal has proven controversial (see 2403080044). Axon should “re-engineer its devices with compliant technology readily available in the highly-competitive Wi-Fi equipment and module marketplace,” WifiForward said. “There is no reason why, in 2024, a vendor should come before the Commission with outdated technology that fails to meet the band rules, proposing to disrupt the successful coexistence environment that the Commission so carefully built,” a filing posted Thursday in docket 24-40 said.