Chairman Pai Remarks on 5G at National Spectrum Consortium Event

As most of you know, a few weeks ago, I was at the White House for an event with President Donald Trump to highlight our government’s efforts to promote US leadership in 5G. To me, there were three key takeaways from this event. First: 5G is critical to our economy, security, and quality of life, as evidenced by the personal engagement of the President. Second: Having such an event hosted at the White House, as well the 5G Summit convened in 2018 by the White House National Economic Council, reminds us that US leadership in 5G will require an all-hands-on-deck effort across multiple agencies. And third: Although 5G success will require a government-wide effort, we are pursuing a market-based strategy to promote 5G development and deployment. As the President said at the 5G event, “In the United States, our approach is private-sector driven and private-sector led.”