Poor allocation of airwaves and the absence of a domestic telecom supplier could delay U.S. mobile carriers from deploying 5G as effectively as some other countries and thus cede leadership to China, says CQ Roll Call’s senior technology reporter Gopal Ratnam. He explains how the U.S. is hoping to respond and why the trade war between Washington and Beijing may be complicating those efforts.

Show Notes:

• Despite U.S. spying warnings, Huawei 5G reportedly gets U.K. approval
• Trump order clears path to ban Huawei 5G equipment from United States
• Nationalization question hangs over White House’s 5G announcement