# Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) Devices in the 5 GHz Band
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2014-05-01 · Effective 2014-06-02 · 79 FR 24569
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-09279
- **Category:** spectrum-allocation
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 24569
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2014-05-01
- **Effective date:** 2014-06-02
- **FCC docket:** ET Docket No. 13-49
## 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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/05/01/2014-09279/unlicensed-national-information-infrastructure-u-nii-devices-in-the-5-ghz-band)
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