WH said it has no plans to build a 5G wireless network

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 11:51 AM
Subject: WH said it has no plans to build a 5G wireless network
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The Trump Administration said it has no plans to build a 5G wireless network

Tony Romm

The Trump administration labored to clarify on Monday that it currently has
no plans to build its own ultra-fast 5G wireless network, despite
publication of a memo that suggested the idea was under consideration.

At issue is a proposal put forth by an unnamed official at the National
Security Council, a White House-based body that advises the president on
critical U.S. and foreign policy matters. The document, first reported by
Axios last night, called for the U.S. government to effectively nationalize
a portion of the telecom sector — a radical departure from current policy —
in a bid to combat Chinese influence.

As multiple White House officials confirmed to Recode on Sunday, the
document as published is dated. They also stressed it had merely been
floated by a staff member, not a reflection of some imminent, major policy
announcement — and probably might never be.

For one thing, it’s the Federal Communications Commission that serves as
the government’s steward of the wireless airwaves that power 5G and myriad
other uses for smartphones, tablets and similar mobile devices. And the
chairman of that independent agency, Ajit Pai, said Monday that he
vehemently opposed the idea of nationalizing 5G.

“I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a
nationwide 5G network,” he said in a statement. “The main lesson to draw
from the wireless sector’s development over the past three decades —
including American leadership in 4G — is that the market, not government,
is best positioned to drive innovation and investment.”

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https://www.recode.net/2018/1/29/16945452/donald-trump-5g-wireless-network-national-security-council-memo



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