Don’t let the Federal Aviation Administration ground 5G

In jeopardy: A file picture showing visitors at the Mobile World Congress in Spain. By one estimate, 5G could add US$1.5 trillion (RM6.26 trillion) to US gross domestic product and create some 4.5 million jobs. Those gains, as well as future innovations, are being jeopardised by a regulatory turf war. — AFP

RARELY has an arcane interagency dispute proved so needlessly disruptive.

On Dec 5, wireless carriers had expected to begin rolling out 5G, the next standard for cellular networks, on a critical new frequency known as the C-band.