5G Will Be Big Boost to GDP, Jobs, CTIA Tells FCC

5G deployment will add roughly $1.5 trillion to U.S. GDP and create some 4.5 million jobs over the next decade, said a CTIA filing on a report posted Wednesday in FCC docket 19-348. The report said “5G networks, fueled by billions of capital investment and powered by licensed spectrum, will enable new services and applications and spur new entrepreneurs who will grow and reshape our economy.”