But to Mr. Trump, 5G is an election issue as much as a security issue. “The race to 5G is a race America must win,” Mr. Trump said. It is a race we will win.”The Trump administration had considered a plan that would have created national 5G networks using federal money. Mr. Trump said on Friday that that approach had been rejected and that private industry would build out the American 5G networks. “No matter where you are you will have access very quickly to 5G, and it will be a different life,” Mr. Trump said.

Source: New York Times April 13, 2019 00:11 UTC