Signal, October 8, 2026
A quiet day: one European 6 GHz spectrum decision to plan around and one sub-GHz Wi-Fi HaLow module for industrial sensors.
Europe's 6 GHz Wi-Fi stays at 480 MHz while mobile eyes the rest
RCR Wireless News, Oct 7, 2026
An analyst piece says Europe's 6 GHz Wi-Fi allocation remains capped at 480 MHz, with the upper part of the band favored for mobile at least until WRC-27. The UK split the band instead. The piece is framed around apartment buildings and the EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act, not factories.
On the plant floor. If you plan 6 GHz for a European site, assume only the lower 480 MHz for now. That limits how many wide, clean channels you get per area.
6 GHz buys clean channels and airtime, and a smaller slice means fewer of them. Size your channel plan and airtime budget on the lower band alone. It does not shorten the roam, so the worst-case gap still has to fit your timeout.
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New high-power 900 MHz Wi-Fi HaLow M.2 radio targets industrial IoT
TMCnet, Oct 6, 2026
Gateworks, an Ezurio company, launched the GW16170, a US-made, high-power, long-range 900 MHz 802.11ah radio in an M.2 2230 E-Key form factor. It is aimed at industrial IoT devices that want Wi-Fi HaLow. The announcement text was limited, so specifics beyond that were not available.
On the plant floor. A HaLow module gives embedded device makers a way to add sub-GHz Wi-Fi to sensors and gateways. It matters for long-range, low-rate telemetry across yards or large buildings, not for control traffic.
HaLow sits beside your 5 GHz and 6 GHz Wi-Fi as a sensor-class radio. Treat it as a separate inventory item, and check the device's own radio and your regional 900 MHz rules before counting on it. Nothing here changes your control-traffic timing budget.
Read next: Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah)