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5G Expansion will Take a Public – Private Partnership

5G Expansion will Take a Public – Private Partnership

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As 5G wireless develops, it will take a public – private partnership to extend it to areas outside big cities.

5G will deliver more data at higher speeds through the existing cell phone network.

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr says South Dakota Senator John Thune has taken an active role is setting the rules for the needed spectrum…

Carr says the FCC is working to help push the technology out to more rural areas….

Carr says big cities have capacity issues, while rural areas need better coverage….

Carr was in the area last week, touring Ehresman (airsman) Engineering in Yankton, and then taking part in a Senate Committee Hearing chaired by Thune in Sioux Falls.

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