NEW ZEALND: WLAN USE IN THE 6 GHZ BAND

 

 

RSM has now made the 5925 - 6425 MHz frequency band available for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) services under the Low Power Indoor (LPI) use and the Very Low Power (VLP) Indoor and Outdoor regimes through the Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio License for Short Range Devices) Notice 2022. By adopting comparable conditions, this aligns with the approaches adopted in Australia, United Kingdom, and Europe.

 

This decision follows RSM’s 2021 consultation, where they invited interested parties to make submissions to their consultation paper WLAN Use in the 6 GHz Band on the future use of the 5925 - 7125 MHz frequency band.

 

In addition, RSM have made corrections to the conditions applying to the 5150 - 5350 MHz band and have also extended the 57 - 66 GHz band to 57 - 71 GHz. This is to bring our provisions into line with other regions including Australia, Europe, and North America.

 

The conditions to to use the frequencies above are as follows:

Low	High	Reference Frequency	Maximum Power (dBW e.i.r.p.)	Remarks
5150 MHz	5350 MHz	5250 MHz	0.0 (1 W)	* For WLAN only
5925 MHz	6425 MHz	6175 MHz	-6.0 (24 dBm, 250 mW)	* For WLAN only * Indoors only
5925 MHz	6425 MHz	6175 MHz	-16.0 (14 dBm, 25 mW)	* For WLAN only
57 GHz	71 GHz	64 GHz	25.0
57 GHz	71 GHz	64 GHz	13.0