A well-known tech billionaire is trying to exploit his close ties with the Biden White House to line his pockets and use public resources to block out a technology that is providing internet to rural areas and minority communities.
Michael Dell, founder of Dell Technologies, wants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to give 12 GHZ spectrum to Dish Network. Dell is working with Dish to create a private 5G wireless network, and needs the spectrum – the radio frequency used to carry wireless information for services like TV and radio broadcasting, mobile phones and Wi-Fi to communications systems – in order to launch the network.
But there are a few problems Dell and Dish have to figure out first.
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