goldenequity
01-29-2018, 06:15 AM
White House Is Planning To Nationalize 5G Network
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-28/white-house-planning-nationalize-5g
In a stunning - if accurate - report published Sunday night, Axios claims that White House national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile spectrum/network to protect against Chinese attacks, in what may well be a pre-emptive shot, hinting at upcoming trade wars between the two superpowers.
Axios got its hands on PowerPoint deck and a memo, both of which were purportedly produced by a senior National Security Council official, which were presented to other senior officials at other agencies during a recent meeting. The documents argue that America needs a centralized nationwide 5G network within three years. There'll be a fierce debate inside the Trump administration, and an outcry from the industry over the next 6-8 months over how such a network is going to be built and paid for.
The U.S. government pays for and builds the single network — which would be an unprecedented nationalization of a historically private infrastructure....
a single, centralized network is what is needed to protect against cyberattacks from the Chinese or other foreign powers.
The source said the internal White House debate will be over whether the U.S. government owns and builds the network or whether the carriers bind together in a consortium to build the network, an idea that would require them to put aside their business models to serve the country's greater good.
.....would lead to federal control of a part of the economy that today is largely controlled by private wireless providers;
In the memo, the Trump administration likens it to "the 21st century equivalent of the Eisenhower National Highway System" and says it would create a “new paradigm” for the wireless industry by the end of Trump's current term.
Aside from its various other staggering implications, 5G nationalization would still leave many other elements of the market free to private competition.
According to the presentation, the US must build superfast 5G wireless technology quickly because “China has achieved a dominant position in the manufacture and operation of network infrastructure,” and “China is the dominant malicious actor in the Information Domain.”
According to the leaked memo, the best way for the government to achieve its goal, is to build a network itself. It would then rent access to carriers like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.
The memo argues that a strong 5G network is needed in order to create a secure pathway for emerging technologies like self-driving cars and virtual reality.
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Not sure w/o more study... but I think this would (finally) mean installing a nationwide network of fiber optic lines...
something nations like S.Korea have had for more than a decade...
last I studied it we ARE behind.... way behind cuz the 'common carriers' wouldn't install to rural areas aka expense vs 'gain'.
This is why Danke is still on dial up.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-28/white-house-planning-nationalize-5g
In a stunning - if accurate - report published Sunday night, Axios claims that White House national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile spectrum/network to protect against Chinese attacks, in what may well be a pre-emptive shot, hinting at upcoming trade wars between the two superpowers.
Axios got its hands on PowerPoint deck and a memo, both of which were purportedly produced by a senior National Security Council official, which were presented to other senior officials at other agencies during a recent meeting. The documents argue that America needs a centralized nationwide 5G network within three years. There'll be a fierce debate inside the Trump administration, and an outcry from the industry over the next 6-8 months over how such a network is going to be built and paid for.
The U.S. government pays for and builds the single network — which would be an unprecedented nationalization of a historically private infrastructure....
a single, centralized network is what is needed to protect against cyberattacks from the Chinese or other foreign powers.
The source said the internal White House debate will be over whether the U.S. government owns and builds the network or whether the carriers bind together in a consortium to build the network, an idea that would require them to put aside their business models to serve the country's greater good.
.....would lead to federal control of a part of the economy that today is largely controlled by private wireless providers;
In the memo, the Trump administration likens it to "the 21st century equivalent of the Eisenhower National Highway System" and says it would create a “new paradigm” for the wireless industry by the end of Trump's current term.
Aside from its various other staggering implications, 5G nationalization would still leave many other elements of the market free to private competition.
According to the presentation, the US must build superfast 5G wireless technology quickly because “China has achieved a dominant position in the manufacture and operation of network infrastructure,” and “China is the dominant malicious actor in the Information Domain.”
According to the leaked memo, the best way for the government to achieve its goal, is to build a network itself. It would then rent access to carriers like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.
The memo argues that a strong 5G network is needed in order to create a secure pathway for emerging technologies like self-driving cars and virtual reality.
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Not sure w/o more study... but I think this would (finally) mean installing a nationwide network of fiber optic lines...
something nations like S.Korea have had for more than a decade...
last I studied it we ARE behind.... way behind cuz the 'common carriers' wouldn't install to rural areas aka expense vs 'gain'.
This is why Danke is still on dial up.