5G Americas president urges Congress to help with spectrum, net neutrality

"The US can be a leader in global communications, we can be a leader in technology, we can be a leader in jobs and the economy," says 5G Americas President Chris Pearson. "And if you do that, you have a strong country."

Phil Harvey, Pierre Landriau

May 24, 2024

You'll find no more upbeat advocate on the subject of 5G than Chris Pearson. In this video, Pearson recaps his Network X Americas keynote and discusses the work still ahead for the telecom industry to realize 5G's potential fully.

He also discusses the need for Congress and the federal government to pay more attention to spectrum licensing and to restore spectrum auction authority to the FCC. Pearson wrote earlier this year that the US is positioned 13th of 15 leading global markets regarding available, licensed midband spectrum, citing data from the CTIA.

In this interview, he doubles down on the need for midband spectrum. He explains why it's necessary to complete the full suite of services carriers can offer to make 5G a significant economic contributor.

"The US can be a leader in global communications, we can be a leader in technology, we can be a leader in jobs and the economy," said Pearson. "And if you do that, you have a strong country."

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Phil Harvey

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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Pierre Landriau

Pierre Landriau

Video Producer and BBQ Expert, Light Reading

Pierre Landriau, a.k.a. "Le French Producer Extraordinaire," knows his way around B2B video marketing after working at three major UK publishing companies: Haymarket, UBM and now Informa. Pierre edits and produces all of Light Reading's podcasts, maintains that he's listed on IMBD, and claims he once wormed his way into MTV for a day or two.

Pierre is based in London and can be reached at [email protected].

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