Poll: Is The U.S. Moving Fast Enough To Adopt Secure 5G Technologies?

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The first improved GPS III satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force was launched in December 2018.
Credit: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. has found itself in bind after bind over the issue of 5G networks. It needs faster, secure communication networks. But a recent FCC decision to allow Ligado Networks to build an L-band ground-based 5G cellular networks is under fire from industry groups, airline pilots and even the Pentagon over the potential for its signals to disrupt GPS devices. Is the U.S. moving fast enough to adopt secure 5G technologies?

 

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Ligado Networks CEO Doug Smith joined us to discuss how Ligado’s 5G network could benefit the U.S. aviation industry. And we asked how it could do so without harming the efficacy of GPS - the world’s most ubiquitous positioning, navigation and timing satellite. See the free, on-demand webinar: