In a recent chat with Wireless Watch, Ofcom’s Group Director for Spectrum, David Willis, shared his views on the 6 GHz band, in light of the European Commission’s RSPG’s decision to allocate most of this band to MNOs. The RSPG decision was something of a surprise move to Ofcom, and means that the regulator may have to rethink its own plans for the 6 GHz band. We also discussed spectrum licensing for new direct-to-device communications and this year’s mmWave auction. While mobile operators in Europe have defeated WiFi in the upper 6 GHz band, the landscape in the UK seems to be less contentious. As a reminder, the European Commission’s (EC) Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) recently chose to designate the…