The Pentagon must not stop Trump's plan to privatize 5G networks

Washington elites love to talk about America leading the world in technology, but when it comes to the future of the nation’s wireless communications, they turn a blind eye to—or worse—actively subvert the Trump administration’s agenda. 

In the One Big Beautiful Bill that passed earlier this year, Congress authorized a sale of spectrum—the official term used for American wireless communications—worth nearly $100 billion. President Donald Trump lauded this as a necessary goal for ensuring American dominance in 5G and 6G. Now, the latest NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) has a hidden provision that would undo that progress and give the military-industrial complex more power to block auctions that President Trump already advocated for.

This isn’t the first time deep state actors within the defense industry have acted contrary to a President’s interest to defend their own fiefdom. Last time, the military-industrial complex went after Ligado Networks, a 5G telecommunications company, in an effort to strangle innovation rather than lose control of spectrum policy. 

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