US frees more bandwidth for 5G network use


At the Orange SA Paris Opera boutique store in Paris, France, July 29. On Aug 10 the US will auction off bandwidth, long reserved for the military, for use in ultra-speedy 5G networks. — Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO: The United States on Aug 10 announced that a chunk of bandwidth long reserved for the military will be auctioned off to telecommunications firms for use in ultra-speedy 5G networks.

One hundred megahertz of "contiguous, coast-to-coast mid-band spectrum" will be made available for commercial 5G deployment, the White House and the US Department of Defense said in a joint release.

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