Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt stated that the U.S. government has “dithering” and left China “well behind” in 5G technology development. He urged Washington for more investment in next-generation technology.

Write in op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Schmidt and Graham Allison, a professor of government at Harvard, said that America is “far behind in almost every dimension of 5G while other nations—including China — race ahead.”

They urged President Biden to declare 5G “a national priority”. Andernfalls, the authors stated, China would own 5G’s future.

The next generation of wireless internet is 5G. It promises extremely fast download speeds. However, it can also be the foundation for both military and industrial applications as well as allow devices to communicate between each other. It is a crucial technology that China considers to be a key reason why they are so successful. moving quickly with its own 5G rollout future applications.

Schmidt and Allison said that the leap to 5G real speeds would lead to similar breakthroughs in autonomous cars, virtual-reality application like the metaverse, as well as other areas. Many applications exist that would benefit intelligence agencies of a country and increase its military capability.

Both men also said that the U.S. was falling behind in several areas. According to them, China’s 5G download speeds are significantly higher than those of the United States.

According to Speedtest (a company that measures internet speed), China had a median download speed of just more than 299 megabits per sec in the third quarter 2021, while the U.S. average was 93.73 megabits/sec.

Schmidt and Allison said that mobile internet speed was a key advancement in 5G. This opens up a whole new realm of innovative applications with profound economic and national security implications.

According to the authors, Huawei, China’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, continues to dominate this market.although American sanctions have hurt Huawei.“

China was “rapidly allocating a portion of the spectrum wireless,” as it is known. midbandTo telecommunications firms. These authors claim that AT&T VerizonThese are using the same spectrum bandFor both the 4G and 5G network in the U.S.

Schmidt and Allison also stated that China outspends the U.S. in 5G.

“The US’s pathetic 5G performance is indicative of America’s greater failure to compete with China in strategically important technologies. They also stated that China has an advantage in the areas of high-tech manufacturing and green energy, as well as many other applications of artificial intelligence.