Here's what conservative technical groups say about Trump's big push 5G

18h32: 04/12/2019 | Technology

Chris White | Reporter of energy

Conservative technology groups are encouraging President Donald Trump in his efforts to significantly expand fifth generation development, despite calls to nationalize technology.

Conservatives and free-market technology groups announced Friday the president's decision to auction three large millimeter-wave waves that experts say are important for providing 5G network capacity to rural areas. Trump and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, announced a series of measures aimed at developing development without nationalizing mobile networks.

"America has become the leader in the deployment of the Internet through lighter regulation that allows providers to bridge the digital divide," Taxpayers Protection Alliance President David Williams said in a news release. "The statements of President Trump and President Pai show that the government will continue to pave the way for a rapid deployment of 5G by keeping bureaucrats at bay."

William also warned against one of the ideas highlighted in Trump's efforts. The President's "Rural Digital Information Fund" (RDOF), which is designed to spend about $ 20 billion over a decade in rural broadband, will need to be monitored, he said. The TPA seems to support the idea of ​​the administration auctioning the largest amount of waves ever seen by a president at auctions for commercial use.

FreedomWorks also congratulated the president.

"Although many ideas have been put forward for the future of 5G, this administration deserves all the credit in the world for recognizing that the best way to get ahead of rivals like China is not to copy them, but to do what America does best: free our unbeatable private capital. Ken Cuccinelli, director of the FreedomWorks Foundation's Regulatory Action Center, said Friday in a statement.

"We will not rely on a government-owned wholesale 5G network, nor on a government fiber optic link network," Richard Bennett, founder of the High Tech Forum, said in a press release on Friday.

He is perhaps best known for co-inventing Ethernet and Wi-Fi MAC protocols, among other major networks.

Bennett also criticized technology experts who supported the idea of ​​nationalizing 5G.

"This will disappoint Obama administration officials such as Susan Crawford, Gigi Sohn and Kevin Werbach, who of course advocate government control of the network infrastructure," he said. (RELATED: Trump pushes hard for 5G as some Republicans push for nationalization of this technology)

Trump's push comes as a handful of Republicans continue to press for a new tactic, of developing such technologies in a similar way to China. Newt Gingrich, a supporter of Trump and a former Georgian congressman, calls for the government to play a leading role in development. Gingrich's argument was never accepted by the president's inner circle, or the director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, managed to win.

According to research by Deloitte Consulting, the president has been asking for several months to expand the development of 5G, partly to push back China, which exceeded $ 24 billion spending in the United States and built 350,000 towers without since 2015. The United States had built only 30,000 at the same time. China is one of the few countries to have the resources needed for massive accumulation.

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