What the Trump win could mean for wireless and spectrum

When president-elect Trump is sworn in for his second term on January 20, 2025, his administration will take over wireless policy. What analysts say we should expect: 

• Spectrum policy in the U.S. will require more sharing of radio frequencies between different operators and groups regardless, said Joe Madden, lead analyst at Mobile Experts. Elon Musk could be a beneficiary of any spectrum wranglings in the next administration, Madden noted.
• Musk could also benefit from a Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program that is more general and has less of a wired focus, Recon Analytics Founder Roger Entner noted.
• Though the new president will likely bring plenty of new policy, Madden said that the Biden administration’s drive towards open radio access networks (RAN) would likely be maintained—at least for the short term—by the Trump team.