Original Blog Entry: Trump Administration Says It Has "No Plans" To Build "Nationalized" 5G Network

konane — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 03:39:27 GMT

Trump Administration Says It Has No Plans To Build Nationalized 5G Network

Update: Several senior White House officials told Recode Monday that the Trump administration has no plans to build a nationalized US 5G network. The presentation, compiled by an unnamed senior NSC aide, was merely a dated proposal that will probably never see the light of day, the officials said.

The administration sources also pointed out that the FCC has a much larger role in setting broadband policy, and Ajit Pai, the current FCC chairman, has said he opposes the nationalization idea.

The NSC, they said, is only one component of a much larger decision-making process on the part of the federal government to set broadband policy. Its say is not final on these matters and its memo does not appear to have gained traction with other tech-focused arms of the White House, according to multiple sources within the Trump administration.

A spokesman for the NSC, meanwhile, did not respond to an email seeking comment Monday. .....

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-29/proposal-nationalized-5g-network-triggers-blowback-regulators-industry

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