In years when the ITU stages a World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC), there is always particular focus on thorny issues of spectrum allocation, as stakeholders lobby support for their views in advance of the event in Dubai, starting on November 20. One of the most contentious issues for delegates of WRC-23 to discuss will be the 6 GHz band, which is the focus of an intensifying stand-off between mobile operators and IT giants calling for unlicensed usage, mainly for WiFi. The two largest mobile economies have already taken opposing stances, with the USA opening up a large swathe of the 6 GHz band to support WiFi (the WiFi 6E standard), with China reserving 6 GHz for licensed 5G. Now the third…