White House schedules 5G meeting for Sept 28, but details remain vague

The White House has scheduled a meeting Sept 28 between members of the Trump administration and wireless industry executives to discuss 5G network technology. However, details of the meeting—including whether it’s simply an educational event or if the administration is planning to discuss new policy initiatives—remain unclear. Nonetheless, the event is noteworthy considering that, at least so far, the Trump administration hasn’t engaged directly very often with the wireless industry on issues related to wireless networks or 5G. One of President Donald Trump’s only public meetings with wireless executives happened more than a year ago, when executives ranging from AT&T’s Randall Stephenson to Sprint’s Marcelo Claure visited the White House in part to discuss ways to speed up the deployment of network infrastructure including small cells.