WASHINGTON—A number of regulators and elected officials on Monday rejected as overly expensive and unrealistic the idea of a “moonshot” effort by the government to build a nationwide, next-generation wireless network, floated in a leaked internal national security memo. The suggestion nonetheless highlighted a growing concern among government officials that the U.S. risks falling behind in the global race to establish 5G, particularly given China’s aggressive efforts to develop a next-generation network. That could open the...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 29, 2018 16:07 UTC