The Trump Administration and the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) are moving forward with plans that would help rural America with
Internet connectivity, potentially boosting commerce for agriculture.
During an announcement at the White House on April 12, President Donald Trump and
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai laid out the vision for the “race to 5G,” along with a Rural Digital Opportunity Fund plan. President
Trump said during his comments that moving from the current 4G cellular
network to 5G will help farmers be more productive, make manufactures
be more competitive, while creating a better healthcare system. “It will transform the way our citizens work, learn, communicate and travel,” Trump said. FCC
plans to hold its third 5G spectrum auction on December 10, 2019. The
auction would sell 3,400 megahertz in three different spectrum bands at
one time. It would be the largest auction of 5G spectrum with two prior
auctions only making 1,550 megahertz of spectrum commercially available. “For those of you who are not wireless experts, that is a lot of spectrum,” Pai said...
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