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Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jan 29, 2018 11:12am |
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| Author | Jonathan Swan, David McCabe, Ina Fried, Kim Hart |
| News Date | Sunday, January 28, 2018 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Trump national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile network to guard against China, according to sensitive documents obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: We’ve got our hands on a PowerPoint deck and a memo — both produced by a senior National Security Council official — which were presented recently to senior officials at other agencies in the Trump administration.
Option 1 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 |
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