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Rural Mobility: 5G Fund

The Rural 5G Fund would repurpose money from the failed Mobility Fund II program, which was supposed to help expand LTE to areas of the U.S. that do not yet have it, and fund 5G deployments instead. “The rapid pace of deployment of 5G networks in many parts of the...

Singapore: All In on 5G

While the news was likely buried beneath coronavirus across the globe, one development may go some way to ensuring that, when Singapore emerges from its lockdown, its status as a business and technology hotspot will have been elevated even further. Late last month (29...

Businesses Hinting at 5G Delays

Mobile carriers, network suppliers, and analysts are warning that the rollout of 5G networks could be delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The warnings came as businesses reported their quarterly earnings, in which they outlined what effect the ongoing crisis...

Facebook Blocks 5G Conspiracy Groups

Facebook blocked two anti-5G groups over the weekend after members encouraged the destruction of mobile phone masts in breach of the network’s policies on promoting violence. Group members also promoted misinformation linking 5G to the coronavirus outbreak. The...

5G Conspiracy Theories Go Mainstream

Unfounded claims about a supposed link between 5G and Covid-19 began circulating on the fringes of the internet, where New Agers and QAnon followers perpetuated the hoax that global elites were using 5G to spread the virus. Unsophisticated algorithms amplified those...