Tech Policy

Guiding Public Policy and Technology Innovation in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape

The Technology Policy Vector translates technical expertise into actionable public policy, helping to accelerate the Broadband Industry’s innovation goals.

Working Together to Create the Networks of Tomorrow

As governments increasingly influence the pace and direction of technology development, it is important to ensure that policy outcomes are based on technical reality and enable long-term innovation. To support a resilient, sustainable and secure broadband ecosystem, our technology policy work is centered on:

Shaping Pro-Innovation Policy

Engaging with policymakers to align government and industry priorities, accelerating technology development and securing access to critical resources.

Building Partnerships and a Shared Understanding

Working with vendors, operators, industry organizations and government entities to build an understanding of the current and future state of broadband connectivity.

Addressing Critical Public Priorities

Developing technical analysis, guidance and innovative approaches to tackle key challenges facing the communications sector.

Priorities Include

Security, Privacy and AI

Aligning industry and government interests to enhance network and device security, enable responsible and secure use of AI technologies, embed privacy-by-design principles, and encourage a more diverse vendor ecosystem.

Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Leading voluntary agreements and standards to drive energy efficiency of residential broadband and video services equipment, helping the industry meet energy efficiency and sustainability goals.

Spectrum and Wireless

Engaging with policymakers on expanding spectrum access to support growing demand and innovative approaches to wireless connectivity.

Broadband

Supporting broadband’s competitive positioning through education, analysis, measurement and tools in the policy domain.

Tech Policy in Action

Enabling Spectrum Innovation With Flexible Use Models

Access to additional spectrum is critical to support the high-capacity, low-latency demands of next-generation applications like augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) and autonomous systems.

CableLabs helps shape flexible spectrum use models that optimize spectrum utilization to support deployment of technologies like 5G and Wi-Fi 7, provide operators flexibility to meet increasing demand for high-bandwidth applications and inform policy decisions that advance innovation. As spectrum demands grow, this collaborative approach with our members, policymakers and other industry leaders ensures operators can deploy scalable, high-performance networks that meet future connectivity needs.

Energy October 1, 2025

Driving Efficiency at Scale With TV Set-Top Boxes and Internet Devices

When people think about fighting climate change, they may picture solar panels on rooftops or wind turbines on hillsides. What’s less obvious is the quiet revolution happening inside our homes — through the very devices that connect us to TV and the internet. Three new reports from the United States and Canada tell a clear […]

Policy May 20, 2025

Wi-Fi Spectrum: 6 GHz Use Is Surging and Headed Toward Exhaustion

As U.S. and global policy makers debate the future of spectrum policy, CableLabs is releasing initial results of our Wi-Fi network use analysis, which further confirms the critical need to keep the current unlicensed spectrum resources and add more soon. In short, the 6 GHz band — the key frequency band for Wi-Fi, alongside the […]

Technology Vision January 30, 2025

Four CableLabs Security and Privacy Impact Zones Making a Safer Internet

As the global adoption of emerging technologies continues to intensify vulnerability to cyber threats, now is a good time to remind ourselves of CableLabs’ ongoing efforts to keep everyone secure. CableLabs takes pride in making every online experience safer and more efficient, expanding the ways enterprises can operate and improving the ways we all individually […]

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Learn more about the Technology Vision and the other vectors that form this framework.

Shape the Vision, Build the Future

CableLabs’ working groups are actively engaged in work that intersects with the policy domain. Join us to collaborate, solve challenges and make an impact as we determine what’s next together.

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Tech Policy