Controlling the airwaves and cyberspace are critical to our nation’s economic and national security. China is moving aggressively to win the global race to 5G, or fifth generation wireless, because 5G will be the network platform that will connect just about everything in the Internet of Things world.
U.S. wireless providers are making tremendous progress in the deployment of 5G network technology, but their efforts are being jeopardized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which is basing its opposition on a dubious report that questions the safety of operating 5G in spectrum, known as C-Band, also used by aircraft altimeters — devices that measure the distance between an aircraft and the ground. Sadly, this internal and frankly quite surprising last-minute protest to block 5G deployments would be a boon to China. It is essential that the FAA take another look at this issue and the science that make it clear that 5G will not impair air safety.
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