Europe's Gigabit Infrastructure Act and the Wi-Fi spectrum gap

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Europe's Gigabit Infrastructure Act requires new and renovated buildings to be fibre-ready as of February 2026, but Wi-Fi spectrum policy has not kept pace. The 6 GHz band allocation capped at 480 MHz leaves uncertainty about wireless connectivity in the final metres to devices, while the upper part of the spectrum is reserved for future mobile networks.