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23:56 - Sprint sues AT&T over 5G branding

Sprint sues AT&T over 5G branding
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 / 6:18 AM
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sprint-at-t-5g/sprint-sues-att-over-5g-branding-idUSKCN1PX1JV

"(Reuters) - Sprint Corp sued AT&T Inc late on Thursday, saying it was misleading consumers into believing that they were using fifth generation or 5G wireless network, a technology that has not yet been widely deployed.

AT&T customers were seeing “5G E” logo on their mobile devices in over 400 markets. Even though users are still on 4G network, AT&T is calling it 5G Evolution, Sprint said in the lawsuit.

5G can offer data speeds up to 50 or 100 times faster than 4G networks.

Smartphones running on both Android and Apple’s iOS platforms are sporting “5G E” for AT&T customers, even though those phones are not equipped to support 5G.

Sprint said that a survey showed 54 percent of AT&T’s consumers believed their “5G E” network is the same as or better than a 5G network and 43 percent said if they buy an AT&T phone today, it would be capable of running on 5G.

“We will fight this lawsuit while continuing to deploy 5G Evolution in addition to standards-based mobile 5G. Customers want and deserve to know when they are getting better speeds,” AT&T said in response to the lawsuit.

5G Evolution and the 5GE indicator let customers know when their device is in an area where speeds up to twice as fast as standard LTE are available, AT&T said.

AT&T's Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said in an interview here with CNBC that the company's customers are seeing an increase in speed and performance on the "5G E" network and this is a step required to get to "ultimate 5G".

Last month, Sprint said it plans to release 5G smartphones with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the United States during the summer, while rival Verizon Communications Inc in December also disclosed similar plans for the first half of 2019."

 

5G Research Report 2019: The enterprise is eager to adopt, despite cost concerns and availability
http://www.techproresearch.com/down...adopt-despite-cost-concerns-and-availability/

 

5G Will Change Form Factors, Qualcomm President Amon Says
Bloomberg Technology
Published on Feb 25, 2019
Feb.25 -- Qualcomm Inc. President Cristiano Amon discusses the the company's new chip designed to connect to fifth-generation high-speed data services. He speaks to Bloomberg's Emily Chang for an exclusive interview in San Francisco on "Bloomberg Technology."

 

How Samsung is Bringing 5G to the World | Samsung 5G Base Stations & CPEs | Demo | Digit.in
Digit
Published on Feb 28, 2019
Samsung has shipped 36K+ base stations featuring next-generation 5G RF chipsets. Samsung says these chipsets reduce 5G base station size, weight and power consumption by 25%.

Spoiler: Details...

These base stations feature a smaller DAFE along with smaller 28GHz & 39GHz RFA chips, and smaller RFB chipsets as well. Samsung has commercially deployed 5G in North America with Verizon and Sprint. In Korea, all the 3 main operators there have also rolled out 5G services with half the country covered already.

In this video you will see both Below-6Ghz and Above-6Ghz Base Station offerings from Samsung.

For the Below-6Ghz Multiuser MIMO 5G base station, speeds on 4 real 5G phones being shown in this demo were between 690 Mbps and 760 Mbps approximately with the base station clocking an approximate speed of 2.9 Gbps. India is considering making below-6Ghz 5G spectrum commercially available.

You can also see a 64-bit base station that Sprint is using commercially currently in Chicago to provide 5G services. The 64-bit base station also allows the operator to allot half of the bandwidth to 4G and the other half to 5G devices. This is called LTE-NR Dual Mode Support.

On display is also a 32-bit MIMO unit but for a higher 200Mhz bandwidth which is more powerful.

For Base Stations above 6GHz, Samsung provides Multi Carrier Aggregation.

Apart from the larger base stations, Samsung provides a number of smaller CPE's and other connectivity devices that allow 5G to be deployed commercially in all kinds of environments.

What do you think of Samsung's 5G Base Station and CPE product offerings? Let us know in the comments below.

Read more about how Samsung will provide 5G NR solutions to sprint for commercial 5G rollout in the US:
https://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/sa...

Here's What An Autonomous 5G-enabled Smart Store & Smart Kiosk Will Do | Demo by Intel | Digit.in
Digit
Published on Feb 27, 2019
Here's what an autonomous smart store - basically a popup shop that's 5G enabled - will look like in the future according to Intel.

Spoiler: Details...

The idea is to make a more frictionless experience possible for the consumer. To enter the retail space, you take your 5G enabled mobile phone, scan a QR code and you're in. Then you don't need to scan any of the items. Just pick up what you want and walk out. Whatever payment information you have saved in your profile will be automatically charged. You don't even need to take out your wallet from your pocket. So no lines, and it's super-easy for the consumer.

For the retailer, the cost of operations may be lower since this could be a store without any staff. Intel says that technology is advanced enough that if you try stealing something by slipping it into your bag, it will be detected and you will be charged for that item.

Intel does this by using AI and computer vision to track and assess both consumers in the store as well as the individual items on the shelves. They are not using RFID technology so moving products from one shelf to another won't result in you being accidentally charged. Only if you leave the store with the product will you get charged.

5G will have the bandwidth and low latency to allow for such a popup store to be hosted virtually anywhere as long as there's signal strength there.

For example, at music festivals, or conferences like MWC. Cloudpick, which is Intel's partner in this, already has 30 such autonomous stores in China.

The other 5G enabled retail experience that Intel is showing is their Smart Kiosk. Again, the Smart Kiosk uses AI and computer vision to capture your profile and help cater it's in-store services to better suit you and your needs.

So if you are frustrated for example, the Smart Kiosk would be able to read your expressions and alert someone in the store who may then be able to come and resolve your issue, before you erupt in the store!

What do you think of the 5G-enabled Smart Store and Smart Kiosk? Let us know in the comments below.

How 5G Will Improve Your Extended Reality (XR) Experience | Demo by Qualcomm | Digit.in
Digit
Published on Feb 27, 2019
Here's how Qualcomm will leverage 5G to create immersive, high-end Extended Reality (XR) or AR experiences. 5G's high bandwidth and low latency allows fast linking - edge computing via the cloud to take the computing load off the XR device.

Spoiler: Details...

This demo uses a 5G base station that transmits the 5G signal via cable to a 5G phone that's a prototype used for testing. This phone then connects to a high-end headset with 2K displays and camera sensors.

The headset doesn't do any computing but sends the data the sensors capture back to the phone which in turn, sends this data via 5G to a cloud server that actually does the high-end graphical rendering.

Once the data is rendered and the images created, these are then sent back from the cloud server to the phone, which does some further processing and transmits the processed image into the headset.

The final prototype would simply be a headset and a 5G phone. Then the network operators would offer VR as a service. This could also fit into an all-in-one form factor where the phone fits into the headset and acts as the display.

So what do you think? Eager for Vodafone-Idea, Airtel and Jio to start offering VR as a service over 5G once it launches in India? Let us know in the comments below.

Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) Technology for 5G Spectrum Sharing | Demo by Qualcomm | Digit.in
Digit
Published on Feb 27, 2019
Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) is a new technology that allows data transmission from multiple antenna points at the same time over a 5G network running on a specific unlicensed spectrum band, say 5ghz in this example.

Spoiler: Details...

According to Qualcomm, while this does require a central unit along with additional touch points, it's very feasible to setup in indoor locations or private networks like offices, factory, hotels and other private and public places for example. This demo uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon 5G modems and the data is streaming in live from Qualcomm's San Diego warehouse where this has been setup. This 5G technology allows gains from 2X to 4X depending on how many modems are deployed and what the settings are.

Coordinated Multipoint can work also when 2 separate networks are created in the same place and CoMP allows both networks to sync and talk to each other in ways not possible before.

Another key benefit according to Qualcomm of CoMP is that there are enough antenna's left over to create spatial separation in additional directions. This could be beneficial for unlicensed spectrum and can allow network operators to get more out of the existing spectrum. In layman's terms, it means more devices could probably connect to the same network and there should be a better overall experience along with the expected increase in speed that 5G promises to bring.

This CoMP technology is still in the research phase and has yet to be proposed to be included in the next 5G standard. What do you think of this technology? Let us know in the comments below.

 

BRITAIN’S FIRST 5G COURT CASE AND THE PEOPLE WON
12/10/2018
https://www.smombiegate.org/britains-first-5g-court-case-and-the-people-won/

"Mark Steele, a 5G campaigner, has been highlighting the dangers of a secret 5G rollout by Gateshead Council where residents are complaining of increased illness and Cancer in the affected area. There’s enough evidence to conclude the new smart 5G arrays on the top of new LED lampposts emit Class 1 Radiation frequencies and should be treated as a danger to the Public.

Gateshead Council ignorantly rebutted clear evidence and created false allegations on social media posts and printed leaflets stating that Mark Steele is spreading Pseudo Science and that the arrays are not dangerous or 5G:

“Please be assured that there is no scientific basis or credible evidence for any of these scare stories about street lights causing cancer and other illnesses.”

They misused Police Powers to gag Mark Steele and yesterday he left a free man and Gateshead Council to fork out £11k of taxpayers money to cover the court cost amounting to woeful ignorance. In Court, none of the Council Officers could explain what 5G is; and their leading Government expert refused to attend the Court hearing.

In conclusion, the Judge refused to gag Mark, stating:

“The public have a right to know.”

Judge REFUSES to gag campaigners over 5G rollout in Britain, Gateshead
Smombie Gate
Published on Oct 13, 2018
Britain’s First 5G Court Case and the People Won

Spoiler: Check out our new interview and videos with Mark Steele and Smombie Gate:

Gateshead mental illness study proves Council is cashing in on death?: https://youtu.be/TZoJDLeZiOg

What is 5G? It's the weapon it is in the battlefield!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2hTt...

5G UK Court Case - Gateshead Study Links Funeral Service, George Soros and UN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbNEp...

Mark Steele, a 5G campaigner, has been highlighting the dangers of a secret 5G rollout by Gateshead Council where it’s apparently already causing Cancer and and illnesses in the affected area. Gateshead Council said:
“Please be assured that there is no scientific basis or credible evidence for any of these scare stories about street lights causing cancer and other illnesses.”
They used the Police to gag Mark Steele and yesterday he left Gateshead Council to fork out £11k court fees to their legal team; and none of the Council Officers or their experts could even explain what 5G is. The Judge refused to gag Mark, stating:
“The public have a right to know.”
The secret 5G rollout issue in Gateshead is now officially of public interest and will be treated as a landmark case for other people to start using this Court’s ruling to challenge their Councils. We know Surrey, Westminster and Luton all have these 5G capable arrays installed on their new LED streetlights. We now know even if these arrays are currently 2G, 3G or 4G they can be 5G enabled by fitting a 'lens' that 'focuses' the frequency.
Councils are struggling at the moment, over 50% are almost bankrupt because over half of their resources are being spent on the increase of Adult Social Care, so any supplier proposal with the promise of more revenue is irresistible.
5G infrastructure, i.e. the lampposts on streets and motorways is the basis for a Smart County. The benefits will be:
• Police surveillance that sees through walls
• Smart road signs
• Driverless vehicles and public transport
• 4k live streaming on the move, realistic mobile virtual reality and mobile augmented reality
• Fast connection for Elon Musk’s new brain implant called the Neuralink.

PLEASE USE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST TEMPLATE TO LAWFULLY CHALLENGE YOUR COUNCIL ABOUT 5G AND SMART CITIES:
5G Freedom of Information Request | How to Lawfully Expose Smart City Plans

The secret 5G rollout issue in Gateshead is now officially of public interest and will be treated as a landmark case for other people to start using this Court’s ruling to challenge their Councils. We know Surrey, Westminster and Luton all have these toxic Microwave EMF arrays installed on their new LED streetlights. We now know even if these arrays are currently 2G, 3G or 4G they can be 5G enabled by fitting a ‘lens’ that ‘focuses’ the frequency.

The Judge declared Mark Steele as a credible expert and engineer on EMF and GSM technologies, which proves Gateshead Council are liable for corruption, misleading the public, making people ill and attempting to discredit Mark Steele and all others such as Smombie Gate fighting 5G rollouts.

Councils are struggling at the moment, over 50% are almost bankrupt because over half of their resources are being spent on the increase of Adult Social Care, so any supplier proposal with the promise of more revenue is irresistible.

Smart City companies are going into Councils with amazing futuristic presentations detailing the first step, which is to install the 5G infrastructure, i.e. the lampposts on streets and motorways.

The benefits will be 24/7 Police surveillance that sees through walls; smart road signs; 4k live streaming on the move; driverless vehicles and public transport; mobile virtual reality; mobile augmented reality; and a fast connection for Elon Musk’s new brain implant called the Neuralink giving people the Internet inside their mind. All these features are all a wet dream for Councils who will be the first ones to become Smart Counties because they will be able to increase taxes and the local economy in theory will thrive.
" In reality, scientific evidence is mounting across the planet that EMF, RF, 3G, 4G, 5G, WiFI and WiGIG is causing Cancer, killing bees, driving out wildlife and lowering peoples quality of life. All because big business says it’s good for the people, and they’re continuing to mislead us all of the dangers of continuous use in close proximity and on the skin, let alone what 5G really is, which is an effective battlefield weapon."

We know that Gateshead isn’t the only Council who is misleading the public on the 5G rollout and it’s seemingly been going on for a few years. Luton, Surrey and Westminster are next along with all Councils that have installed these arrays that are being installed by particular companies (we’ll leave you to do your own work on how you think these companies are!).

Who is paying for these 5G rollouts? Who’s given consent on behalf of the People? Who has done research to prove the new infrastructure’s safety?

As usual, these important issues are being rubbished by the media and beneficiaries to big business. But they’ll soon see our wrath, as we now this ruling. All Hell is going to break loose in Great Britain and we’re going to take the fight to them. We will NOT be silenced, and you will not wilfully poison our bodies and our families bodies with Class 1 radiation – WE DO NOT CONSENT.

Mark Steele of https://www.saveusnow.org.uk has made this a big part of his life. It’s people like Mark and all of you who get involved that make a difference to our lives.

Please spread the word and get in touch with us if you want any advice in how to approach your Council. We’re going to be producing a simple Template Pack you can send to your Councils very soon.

The links below are enough proof to convince anyone what’s going on around us without our consent.

See the video proof of Gateshead’s toxic 5G signals:

Illegal and Dangerous 5G roll out in UK

18 New scientific papers about electrosmog (Sept. 2018)

3D Mapping: The truth behind 2G 3G 4G 5G WIFI WIGIG

Leaked corporate presentation about the dangers of 5G masts, “In countries with EMF limits significantly below the international science-based ICNIRP limits the roll-out of 5G networks will be a major problem.”:

REPORT: Proof from global telecoms & infrastructure giant – 5G is dangerous

Smombie Gate interviewed Mark Steele on the latest developments in Gateshead linking George Soros and the UN to a Mental Illness study in Gateshead:

5G Court Case Against Gateshead Council Linked to George Soros and UN

5G in action: Hundreds of Sparrows Fall Dead from the Roofs and the Sky

PUBLIC DANGER: Blue light of LED streetlights linked to breast & prostate cancer

The great misunderstanding of 5G and how this has benefited business until now

Bristol University Dodge Safety Questions and Mislead about 5G – Has Testing Increased Suicides?

Fitbit Recalls Due to Rashes. Reports of Dizziness, Erratic Pulse, Nausea, Pain, Headaches

Elon Musk’s ‘5G Umbrella’ that’s planned for Earth’s atmosphere without our consent:

Elon Musk’s 5G from space project: His biggest folly yet? "

Real Reason Why China isn't Allowed 5G in the West
Smombie Gate
Published on Nov 19, 2018
#5G is a military grade target acquiring and energy weapon delivery system. Fact. Watch the video. You've seen it first from Mark Steele of https://www.saveusnow.org.uk interviewed by https://www.smombiegate.org

 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90314058/5g-means-youll-have-to-say-goodbye-to-your-location-privacy

The fifth-generation cellular network rolling out in America and other countries this year will revolutionize the way our devices connect to the internet and to one another. 5G is such a technologically important leap forward–without it the future smart cities we dream about where everything is connected simply wouldn’t be possible.
However, there is one major–and unavoidable–drawback to 5G: It’s going to cost you your location privacy. Anyone with access to your ISP’s cell tower data will be able to hone in on your exact location far more precisely than they can today under our 4G networks. The reason for this is that 4G network technology has a wide coverage area when it comes to being broadcast from a single cellular tower. Matter of fact, 4G can be broadcast about a mile from a single tower.

5G network technology, on the other hand, has a much smaller coverage area, and it can’t penetrate through walls to get indoors as well as 4G technology can. This means 5G networks will require many more cellular towers placed closer together. These towers won’t be like the old towers you envision that look like electrified Eiffel Towers, mind you, they’re just small antennas that will need to be dotted around on rooftops and street lights and inside shopping malls and other buildings. But at the end of the day, dozens and dozens of 5G towers will need to be placed around an area that a single 4G tower would have covered in the past.

So how does this affect your location privacy? Each time your device connects to a tower, your mobile network knows you are within range of that tower. Under 4G networks, that means your mobile provider could pinpoint your location within about a mile’s accuracy–so your location was pretty well obfuscated. But since 5G towers will need to be everywhere and you’ll only connect to one 5G tower at a time, your mobile network will now be able to pinpoint your location much more accurately–even knowing which building you are in. On top of this, as you move through a city, your mobile network provider will be able to chart the path you take with a high degree of accuracy since your device will keep jumping from connecting to one nearest 5G tower to the next.

Steve Bellovin, a professor of computer science at Columbia University, recently told the Wall Street Journal that 5G will raise privacy concerns when it comes to location data:

5G signals in the U.S. will have a very short range and won’t easily go through buildings. This means there need to be many more cell towers. The main way that a cellphone tells where you are–as opposed to a website or an app–is, which tower are you talking to. Today’s towers have a radius of about a mile. If the new towers cover a much smaller area, it means that they know much more precisely where you are . . . You’re going to see a lot more indoor towers–in shopping malls, big office buildings, hotels and so on. So in that sense you are going to get far more precise.​

So what does this lack of location privacy on 5G networks mean to you? If your mobile network sells your data, it will be much easier for data brokers and advertisers to see your current location and target more relevant ads to you based on your location. This data can also enable advertisers and data brokers to see the exact routes you take each day and even which buildings you go into. And anyone with access to your mobile network’s cell tower data will now be able to track your movements in real time.

But unfortunately, if you want 5G service, there’s no way around giving up more of your location privacy. Welcome to the brave new world of 5G.

 

I suspect 5G is a trick to track everyone all over the globe.

 

It's a trick within a requirement for implementing 5g RF signal "steering", required to service the high-speed 5G signal.

Each antenna array in the larger installations is actually a single or dual / quad / more? split antenna directing an "aimed" beam - directed at each specific device - moving or stationary, that without knowing the precise location of the device the 5g service wouldn't be able to precisely aim the RF beam feeding it.

I don't know that the purpose is the "tracking" side-effect of servicing devices, but it can certainly be used for device location tracking - as that is required to service RF to devices precisely.

As the device moves the RF signal beamed to it must be handed off and moved to the next steered RF beam to feed the device - hand-off will happen much quicker and between multiple array's within a larger site feeding devices, or between sites as you move physically away from one RF antenna array toward another.

In smaller array's, say down a building hallway, or outside between building to building, when you turn a physical or RF coverage "corner" the signal will follow the device, as you hold the device the signal moves where you move. Signal strength received at the device - and return signal received at the antenna array's, those signal sources will constantly adjust to make sure your device maintains connectivity.

Between 5g coverage, 4g coverage can take over - 3g / 2g as well - and the 5g coverage will be most precise as to your location by necessity of the short distance and obstacle limitations of 5g RF propagation.

It's not hard to imagine that other devices connected up to the RF steering network can also be given your location to seamlessly hand off your changing location to other tracking networks.

Cameras in particular - but also future services such as directed subject Advertising as you pass by shops - or Advertising nodes with a screen / projector to show you "what you need" and where it is in relation to your precise location.

The 5g network knows where you seem to be headed by direction - aided by your or it's internet search query - advertisements to grab your interest before you get to your destination to redirect you and your buying power to other destinations.

Of course recharging your device as you move can also be accomplished, since the tight RF beam can be joined with a tight recharging power beam to feed your batteries.

Since everyone will be known, tracked and contact maintained, perhaps it will become illegal to turn off your device or leave it behind? Maybe your front door won't unlock without it?

5g isn't the same as previous generations of trackable devices, but it's really not that much different in locating you than it is today. Your device location is known via Cell RF and Wifi RF, even Bluetooth RF, precisely enough today.

What is different is the amount of RF energy spraying out in close proximity to everyone around those many times more abundant RF sources, beaming focused RF signals right through you and I on it's way to servicing another device - with our RF sensitive bodies caught in between.

Millions of RF sources, some right outside your bedroom window, perhaps located on your own dwelling, day and night 24/7 pumping out RF in proximity to you.

Millions of people connected 24/7 needing to see "Cat." images, it's vital stuff. The ancient Egyptians tried to warn us, but so far we haven't listened.

 

This is what I'm saying, it's just another advanced infrastructure tool for more Intelligence. It's just a beginning.

 

It's the increase in RF exposure for everyone that's the real danger. The additional information gathered by 5g's more precise location positioning is incidental - not to be ignored - but the real danger is the increase in RF exposure.

The secret inside your cellphone (CBC Marketplace)
CBC News
Published on Mar 24, 2017
As new science fuels the debate about cellphone safety, we take a closer look at a little known message inside your cellphone's settings and manual telling you to keep the device 5 to 15 mm away from your body. We ask why this message exists, why it's so hidden, and whether Health Canada is doing enough to protect us.

 

Yes, but it's not about locations anymore, IoT, All smart devices and technologies, AI, ML, Bigdata, Cloud computing ,,,etc They all need more bandwidth to be effective. They don't care about human health, it's all about Intelligence and more control. Even the whales in the oceans were not excluded from the damage.

 

https://twitter.com/berkeleyprc/status/1099868747576168448

The race to 5G technology needs to take public health into account
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.19a9f5eb536d
By Linnea Warren, Washington
Letters to the Editor February 24, 2019
Regarding the Feb. 20 2019 Economy & Business article “ U.S. has strong start in race for 5G, report says”:

"The telecom industry touts 5G’s future benefits, most of which are still speculative, while ignoring its significant costs. Not everyone in Congress agrees that rapid deployment of 5G is a national imperative. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) first want proof that it’s safe.

It’s unlikely they’ll get any, because the Federal Communications Commission has protected its pet industry for years. It prohibits objections to wireless devices on health grounds as long as they comply with radio-frequency radiation guidelines adopted in 1996 and never updated for newer technology.

It rejected the first national study done since then, which found clear evidence linking 2G and 3G to cancer in rats, as irrelevant to humans. And it only considers effects caused by heating, ignoring the serious nonthermal effects.

Up until now, most of the public’s exposure to radio-frequency radiation has come from handheld devices. Upon deployment of the dense networks of small cells planned for 5G, which will also have 4G antennas to fill in bandwidth gaps, public exposure will reach a whole new level of magnitude.

Thousands of independent scientific studies have shown that the electromagnetic radio waves that transmit wireless signals seriously damage living tissues — in humans, animals, even plants.

Ironically, other countries have responded by adopting far stricter RF exposure standards than the United States — including China."

Joel Moskowitz Retweeted

https://twitter.com/blogBRHP/status/1100394850980163584
https://twitter.com/berkeleyprc

Dr. Joel Moskowitz Wins Journalism Freedom of Information Award
APRIL 29, 2018
https://mdsafetech.org/2018/04/29/dr-joel-moskowitz-wins-journalists-freedom-of-information-award/

"On March 27, 2018, Berkeley professor Dr. Joel Moskowitz, was presented with the James Madison Freedom of Information Award by the Society for Professional Journalists for his work uncovering the California Department of Public Health(CDPH) Recommendations on How to Reduce Exposure to Radiofrequency Energy from Cell Phones.

Dr. Moskowitz, who is the director of the Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, knew of the CDPH guidelines since 2013, however they had never been published. He found out that the CDPH had been working on safe cell phone guidelines since 2009. After many requests to the CDPH for release of these recommendations he filed a lawsuit in 2016 against the CDPH through the Freedom of Information Act. After the successful lawsuit, a Sacramento judge ordered that the CDPH release the documents and a 2 page draft copy, not to be released to the public was sent to Dr. Moskowitz in March 2017.

In a March 2017 SF Gate article about the CDPH draft release, it was noted that Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang stated the CDPH does have an obligation to inform the public about public health issues gathered by it’s own scientists.

Dr. Moskowitz has been involved in educating others about the science indicating harm from wireless radiation for almost a decade. He, along with over 230 other international EMF peer reviewed scientists, have signed a petition, calling for the UN to issue new standards for non-ionizing electromagnetic that are protective of human and environmental health.

Professor Moskowitz was also instrumental in passing Berkeley’s Cell Phone Right to Know ordinance, the first in the Nation to require cell phone sellers to post a brief warning in their stores about the hazards of cell phone radiation. This is similar to the warning cell phone manufacturers include in the fine print of their phone manuals and that few people ever read. Despite appeals and lawsuits by the telecommunications industry the Berkeley ordinance so far has prevailed, however, it may be challenged in the Supreme Court.

The Berkeley cell phone ordinance required posting reads “To assure safety, the Federal Government requires that cell phones meet radio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines. If you carry or use your phone in a pants or shirt pocket or tucked into a bra when the phone is ON and connected to a wireless network, you may exceed the federal guidelines for exposure to RF radiation. This potential risk is greater for children. Refer to the instructions in your phone or user manual for information about how to use your phone safely.”

Dr. Moskowitz has his own website https://www.saferemr.com with up to date information for the public, scientists and officials.

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Berkeley Cell Phone "Right to Know" Ordinance: Media Coverage
Updates on the Berkeley cell phone "right to know" ordinance:
Saturday, September 22, 2018
http://bit.ly/berkeleycellordinance.

"Since July, 2014, more than 200 news stories have been published regarding the cell phone “right to know” ordinance that the Berkeley City Council unanimously adopted on May 12, 2015.

An Associated Press (AP) story published on June 11, 2015 appeared on more than 100 web sites throughout the U.S. including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and ABC News. An AP story published on September 22, 2015 appeared on more than 155 new sites in the U.S. and Canada.

News stories about the ordinance have appeared in thirteen other nations: Australia, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Lithuania, New Zealand, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and Vietnam.

For regular updates about the status of the ordinance and the lawsuit filed by the CTIA--The Wireless Association in the industry's effort to kill this landmark consumer disclosure law see http://bit.ly/berkeleycellordinance.

Spoiler: Following are links to news media coverage (Updated 9/22/2018)

ABA Journal (Sep 22, 2015)
ABC 7 News (San Francisco) (Jul 15, 2014)
ABC 7 News (San Francisco) (Aug 20, 2015)
ABC 7 News (San Francisco) (Sep 13, 2016)
Apple Daily (Taiwan) (Mar 23, 2016
Apple Daily (Taiwan) (Mar 23, 2016)
Ars Technica (Jun 9, 2015)
Ars Technica (Aug 20, 2015)
Ars Technica (Sep 21, 2015)
Ars Technica (Jan 28, 2016)
Ars Technica (Sep 13, 2016)
Ars Technica (Apr 21, 2017)
Associated Press (Jun 11, 2015) - published on more than 100 news sites
Associated Press (Sep 22, 2015) - published on more than 155 news sites in US & Canada
Associated Press (Jan 28, 2016)
Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (Nov 13, 2014)
BannedBook.org (in Mandarin) (July 15, 2014)
Bay City News (Sep 22, 2015)
Bayvoice.net (in Mandarin) (July 14, 2014)
Berkeley Daily Planet (Sep 21, 2015)
Berkeley Daily Planet (Sep 13, 2016)
Berkeley Daily Planet (Oct 11, 2017)
Berkeley High Jacket (Dec 20, 2014)
Berkeley Patch (Bay City News) (Sep 13, 2016)
Berkeleyside Op-Ed (Oct 17, 2014)
Berkeleyside (Nov 18, 2014)
Berkeleyside (Nov 26, 2014)
Berkeleyside Op-Ed (May 5, 2015)
Berkeleyside (May 13, 2015)
Berkeleyside (Jun 8, 2015)
Berkeleyside (Aug 21, 2015)
Berkeleyside (Sep 22, 2015)
Berkeleyside (Jan 29, 2016)
Bloomberg News Radio (mp3: 0:06:55 - 0:08:35) (Jul 15, 2014)
Bloomberg Politics (Nov 26, 2014)
Bloomberg BNA (Sep 22, 2015)
Bloomberg BNA (Oct 20, 2016)
Breitbart News (Jul 15, 2014)
Breitbart News (Jun 10, 2015)
Business Insider (Jul 15, 2014)
Business Insider Australia (Jul 16, 2014)
Business Insider India (Jul 15, 2014)
California City News (Dec 1, 2014)
California Healthline (Jul 16, 2014)
California Healthline (Sep 23, 2015)
California Magazine (Aug 19, 2014)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)--The National (Mar 23, 2017)
CBC Marketplace (Mar 24, 2017) (22 minute video)
CBS News (May 12, 2015)
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CBS SF Bay Area (Jun 8, 2015)
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CBS SF Bay Area (Sep 13, 2016)
CBS SF Bay Area (Oct 11, 2017)
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CBS This Morning (Jul 27, 2015)
Channel One News (May 17, 2017)
Chico Enterprise-Record (Nov 21, 2014)
c|net (Jun 28, 2018)
CNN (Jul 28, 2015)
CIO India (Jun 9, 2015)
Computerworld (Jun 8, 2015)
Computerworld Australia (Jun 8, 2015)
Computerworld New Zealand (Jun 8, 2015)
Consumer Reports (Sep 24, 2015)
Contra Costa Times (Nov 21, 2014) (Oakland Tribune, Nov 24, 2014)
Contra Costa Times (Oct 7, 2015)
Contra Costa Times (Jan 28, 2016)
Contra Costa Times (Mar 8, 2016)
Courthouse News Service (Jun 9, 2015)
Courthouse News Service (Aug 20, 2015)
Courthouse News Service (Sep 22, 2015)
Courthouse News Service (Jan 22, 2016)
Courthouse News Service (Jan 28, 2016)
Courthouse News Service (Sep 13, 2016)
Courthouse News Service (Apr 21, 2017)
Courthouse News Service (Oct 11, 2017)
Daily Beast (May 13, 2015)
Daily Californian (Jul 16, 2014)
Daily Californian (Nov 19, 2014)
Daily Californian (Jun 9, 2015)
Daily Californian (Sep 22, 2015)
Daily Californian (Feb 1, 2016)
Daily Californian (Sep 14, 2016)
Daily Californian (Apr 25, 2017)
Daily Californian (Sep 22, 2018)
Daily Online Examiner (May 12, 2017)
Davis Enterprise (Jul 22, 2014)
Delfi Sveikata (Lithuania) (May 21, 2015)
Digital News Daily (Oct 11, 2017)
Digital Trends (Aug 1, 2015)
Discovery News (May 20, 2015)
East Bay Express (Jul 15, 2014)
East Bay Times (Apr 22, 2017)
East Bay Times (Oct 12, 2017)
East Bay Times (Jan 17, 2018)

(still adding links - hmscott)

ECN Magazine (Jun 10, 2015)
Ecosalon (Jul 18, 2014)
Epoch Times (May 12, 2015)
FairWarning (Jul 11, 2018)
FairWarning (Sep 4, 2018)
Fierce Wireless (Jun 9, 2015)
Fierce Wireless (Sep 22, 2015)
FindLaw (Apr 26, 2017)
First World News Channel (Sep 13, 2016)
Forbes (Oct 13, 2015)
Fox Business (Sep 22, 2015)
Fusion (May 3, 2016)
GSMA (wireless industry assn.) (Nov 24, 2014)
GSMA (May 25, 2015)
GSMA (Jul 13, 2015)
GSMA (Oct 29, 2015)
The Guardian (London, UK) May 15, 2015)
Headlines and Global News (Jul 17, 2014)
Healthcare Global (Dec 1, 2014)
The Hill (Jun 5, 2015)
The Hill (Sep 22, 2015)
Huffington Post (Paul Brodeur), (Jul 27, 2015)
Inside Towers (Sep 30, 2016)
International Business Times UK (Jun 10, 2015)
Journal of the American Medical Association (Aug 1, 2016)
Journal of the American Medical Association (Oct 18, 2016)
Justia US Law (Apr 21, 2017)
Kachwanya (Kenya) (Aug 6, 2015)
KALW Crosscurrents (audio - Sep 24, 2014)
KALW (audio) (Oct 8, 2015)
KFMB (CBS8, San Diego), Sep 27, 2016
KGO 810 Radio News (San Francisco) (Jul 15, 2014)
Kim Komando podcast (Apr 6, 2017)
KIMT (Iowa, Minnesota) (May 18, 2015)
The Kirk Show
KKSF AM Talk 919 (San Francisco) (audio) (Jul 15, 2014)
KPAX (Missoula, MT, CBS News8) (May 12, 2015)
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KPFA Pacifica Evening News (42:13 - 44:30)(Sep 30, 2016)
KQED Forum (Lawrence Lessig interview: 48:00 - 50:00) (Jan 8, 2015)
KQED Forum (Joel Moskowitz & Allan Balmain, 9:30 - 10 AM) (May 18, 2015)
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Litigation Update - State Bar of California (Nov, 2017)
Los Angeles Times (Jun 9, 2015)
McClatchy Washington News Bureau (Jul 11, 2018)
Mobile Commerce News (Aug 7, 2015)
Mobile Today (Iran) (Sep 13, 2016)
Mother Jones (May 11, 2015)
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NBC Bay Area (Mar 28, 2015)
NBC Bay Area (May 12, 2015)
NBC Bay Area (Jun 8, 2015)
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NBC Bay Area (Mar 21, 2016)
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NBC Sacramento/SF Gate (Apr 8, 2017)
Newser (Jun 10, 2015)
News Inferno (Jul 16, 2014)
Newsweek (Nov 3, 2016)
Newsweek en Espanol (Nov 4, 2016)
New York Magazine (Jul 24, 2015)
New York Times (Jun 11, 2015) - AP article
New York Times (Jul 21, 2015) (my comments on NYT article)
Northern California Record (Oct 22, 2016)
PAN Swiss Newsroom
PC Advisor (UK) (Jun 8, 2015)
PC World (Jun 8, 2015)
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Public Health Watchdog (Jul 17, 2014)
Public Knowledge (May 25, 2016)
Public News Service (Aug 20, 2015)
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RCR Wireless News (Jun 9, 2015)
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Reuters (Apr 24, 2017)
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SoundofHope.org (Beijing; in Mandarin) (Jul 15, 2014)
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WKBN News (Youngstown, OH) (May 12, 2015)
WREQ News (CBS3 Memphis,TN) (May 12, 2015)
WTSP News (CBS10, Tampa Bay, FL) (May 12, 2015)
Yahoo! Finance (Sep 27, 2016)
Yahoo! News (CBS) (Jul 16, 2014)
Yahoo! News (CBS) (May 12, 2015)
YourLawyer.com (Jul 17, 2014)

Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
Recent Posts on EMR Safety, Friday, February 22, 2019
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The 5G mass-experiment: Big promises, unknown risks
Investigate Europe
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/publications/the-5g-mass-experiment/
Published on Jan 13, 2019
An new investigation by Investigate Europe

Spoiler: Details...

Europe is about to go through a giant technological transformation, one that will bring us “smart homes”, “smart cities” and the much-hyped “internet of things”. The vehicle for this transformation is 5G, the fifth-generation mobile service. 5G will allow countless appliances and everyday objects to be connected to the internet at all times. It will bring driverless cars, hologram images instead of video, smart fridges, nappies, washing machines, electricity circuits, coffee machines, your blood sugar, your medicine intake… But none of this comes without a cost. Such a level of connectivity will require many more base stations, which raises a growing concern that electromagnetic field radiation may be harmful to health. There is disagreement among scientists on whether 5G millimetre waves are less or more dangerous than 3 or 4G. Scientists wary of potential health risks from 5G point out that nobody knows as very little research has been done. Nobody has been asked whether we want to go down this path and we are heading into this future without consultation and with very little public debate.

Cell Phone RADIATION & 5G DANGERS | An In-Depth Exploration

 

I can't tolerate high SAR values. My hands go numb, my head and body hurts sometimes, so I usually keep a longer distance between cell towers.

 

With 5g you won't be but a few dozen feet between some "cells", likely closer very often.

Spoiler: Logging RF exposures in your area...

There are a lot more RF meters around than just a few years ago, it might be a good idea to get a competent one and measure current levels of RF at various bands / frequencies, find the strong emitters - before 5g roll out - and then continue to measure regularly for new sources - track them down and see if they are publicly announced or hidden from the public eye - only an RF meter / measuring device would be able to see their newly added RF pollution.

Phones themselves are something else, IDK how the 5g will affect output from the cell phone, but according to what I've read it can vary greatly - some of the new 5g backs look pretty powerful, and that could end up output more RF than we are experiencing with 4g and before.

The FCC page on SAR + pdf don't have anything useful in the way of measurements, but it has some useful comments - which might misdirect concerns away from a device when the concerns are valid in many uses:

Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) For Cell Phones: What It Means For You
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/specific-absorption-rate-sar-cell-phones-what-it-means-you
http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/sar.pdf

" Many people mistakenly assume that using a cell phone with a lower reported SAR value necessarily decreases a user’s exposure to RF emissions, or is somehow “safer” than using a cell phone with a high SAR value. While SAR values are an important tool in judging the maximum possible exposure to RF energy from a particular model of cell phone, a single SAR value does not provide sufficient information about the amount of RF exposure under typical usage conditions to reliably compare individual cell phone models. Rather, the SAR values collected by the FCC are intended only to ensure that the cell phone does not exceed the FCC’s maximum permissible exposure levels even when operating in conditions which result in the device’s highest possible - but not its typical - RF energy absorption for a user."

A cell phone induced to engage highest power output isn't "unusual", I'm sure my phone and most others hit that maximum during daily use many times. Moving from dense to less dense coverage requires higher power, and most of the time I am not "close" to a cell tower.

Watch that CBN report on Cell Phone measurements, it's clear that most of us - not me - hold their phones too close to our body during use and for many carried too close to the body for far too many hours of exposure.

Ask doctors who've treated patients with such cancer's:

Florida Attorney Dies From 3 Different Cell Phone Induced Cancers
https://www.rfsafe.com/florida-atto...-induced-cancers-brain-cancer-hand-and-chest/

Each Cancer exactly where his Cell Phone was held cose to his body.

Since Jimmy’s warning about cell phones causing GBM (Glioblastoma) brain tumors, there is a rapidly growing list of political brain tumor deaths potentially linked to wireless radiation exposure that now includes the very honored Senator John McCain who has succumbed to his GBM (Glioblastoma) diagnosis.

Here is his video testimony - short and long versions below:

Beau Biden Dies From Same Cell Phone Brain Tumor as Jimmy Gonzalez
(Short version)
RFSAFE
Published on Jun 7, 2015
"The Brain Tumor That Killed the Vice President’s Son Has Been Linked to Cell Phone Radiation" publichealthwatchdog.com

Cell phone radiation is most likely the source for America’s surge in Brain cancer among politicians who have died at alarming rates since the explosion of wireless communications. Including Ted Kennedy, among 23 other politicians that have died from brain cancer since 1995 http://www.rfsafe.com/was-cell-phone-...

The son of Vice President Joe Biden had a glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM. This all-too-common tumor has been linked to cell phone use. Jimmy Gonzalez, was also an Attorney like Beau Biden, and they both died of the same cell phone induced brain cancer.

Spoiler: More details...

However, campaign contributions weren't a factor in Jimmy Gonzalez's life - it was the TRUTH that mattered to him!!

He had the courage to stand up for what was right for the American people -- and everyone else around the world!

Hear his full testimony that has forever changed the world's perception on the safety of wireless technology!

http://www.rfsafe.com/florida-attorne...

Swedish doctors found that people who use cell phones for more than a year had a 70 percent greater risk of brain cancer than those who used the wireless devices for less than a year. The study, published in the International Journal of Oncology, found that people who used mobile phones for more than 25 years had a 300 percent greater risk of developing the dreaded disease than those who used mobile phones for one year or less. The study’s authors concluded that “glioma and also acoustic neuroma are caused by RF-EMF emissions from wireless phones.”

FACT: The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded cell phone radiation to B2 category, meaning “possibly carcinogenic.”

Longer Version with a more detailed statement...

Jimmy Gonzalez "Cell Phones Cause Cancer"
Environmental Health Trust
Published on Dec 13, 2014
Jimmy Gonzalez's testimony to the Pembroke Pines Commission resulted in the passing of a Resolution to raise awareness on the health risks of cell phone radiation. Learn more about the state of science on cell phone radiation at http://ehtrust.org/ Several cities and countries are taking action to raise awareness about how people can protect themselves. Please see the full list at http://ehtrust.org/international-poli... Jimmy Gonzalez' words will save lives.

Spoiler: Click to see Video...

A tragic end to his battle with cellphone induced cancers...

Attorney Jimmy Gonzalez Dies From 3 Different Cell Phone Radiation Induced Cancers
RFSAFE
Published on Feb 14, 2015
Sadly, I just heard the news, Florida Attorney Jimmy Gonzalez succumbed to several DIFFERENT cancers ALL caused by cell phone radiation exposure!

Spoiler: Click to see Video...

EACH CANCER EXACTLY WHERE HIS CELL PHONE WAS HELD CLOSE TO HIS BODY!

Jimmy vs Cell Phone Induced Cancer – A battle Jimmy fought to the end, and it is a battle RF Safe will continue in his dedication along with all the other lives which have been destroyed by a tradition of wireless profits before people.

Our prayers go out to Jimmy Gonzalez’s wife, children and family! I’ve felt their pain and frustration over the issue of RF Radiation exposure. I attribute the death of my daughter Angel Leigh Coates to RF Radiation exposure as well. Just as Jimmy did, RF Safe will continue this battle through to our last breaths too! God Bless You Jimmy!

“CELL PHONES DO CAUSE CANCER” – Jimmy Gonzalez (Obituary) February 20, 1972 – November 27, 2014

A Tragedy of EMFs

Angel Leigh Coates
1995 - 1995
http://www.rfsafe.com

 

Intel kills 5G deal with China’s Unigroup over U.S. security concerns
JEREMY HORWITZ @HORWITZ FEBRUARY 26, 2019 8:14 AM
https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/26/...h-chinas-unigroup-over-u-s-security-concerns/

"Intel has halted a long-term plan to share 5G modem technology with a Chinese government-backed chipmaker, due in part to concerns over recent U.S. tensions with China, Nikkei reports. The deal was previously expected to expand Intel’s opportunities in China’s growing market, while aiding the Chinese government’s plans to develop its own chip industry.

Following a 2014 investment, under which Intel took a 20 percent stake in state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, the companies last February announced a 5G tie-up as a “powerful combination targeting 5G smartphones.” Their “long-term strategic collaboration” was meant to create a 5G Android smartphone platform for sale in China in the second half of 2019, combining Intel’s 5G modem with a Unigroup chipset.

Now the Unigroup deal is off, a recent decision that Intel confirmed and characterized as mutual, while saying that it was not based on political pressure from the U.S. government. Even so, Nikkei reports that Intel wanted not to “somehow upset U.S. authorities given the current tensions” with China, and backed off the deal after the unexpected departure of its key advocate, former CEO Brian Krzanich.

The Trump Administration has spent the past year fighting a trade war with China’s government, while simultaneously accusing Chinese cellular companies Huawei and ZTE of facilitating espionage and committing sanctions violations. Though Huawei has repeatedly denied any espionage-related activities, it has faced mounting accusations from the government and private companies, while ZTE made a deal with the administration to resolve sanctions-related claims. Concerns still persist, however, and the U.S. government is threatening to ban the Chinese companies’ equipment from being used in cellular networks.

Intel’s 5G modem plans have also changed considerably over the last year. The company decided to skip its first-generation modem in favor of a more power-efficient sequel, delaying the arrival of consumer 5G products from 2019 to 2020. At this year’s CES and Mobile World Congress shows, the chipmaker focused largely on announcing new 5G server and base station components, letting rivals such as Qualcomm, Samsung, and Huawei premiere early consumer 5G devices.

Following the breakup of its Intel deal, Unigroup now says that it’s working on its own 5G modem without Intel’s assistance. Similarly, Huawei has already developed its own 5G modem and smartphones for sale to consumers in China, while other Chinese smartphone makers are expected to rely substantially on 5G modems from Qualcomm and MediaTek."

 

MWC 2019: The 5G Revolution Is Here
Next-generation connectivity took centre stage at this year’s MWC in Barcelona
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/it-managers/mwc-2019-wrap-up.html

 

Intel 5G Modem Chips DELAYED Till 2020
Eli the Computer Guy
Published on Feb 25, 2019

 

Huawei CEO Is a Lying Liar | China Uncensored
China Uncensored
Premiered 18 hours ago
This week's China News Headlines! #Huawei's CEO Ren Zhengfei says Huawei would never share information with the Chinese government or create a backdoor for the CCP. He's a lying liar! But Huawei is also suing the US government. So much for US China relations. A new microwave weapon that causes extreme pain—was it used on US consulate workers in Havana, Cuba and China? China plans to send a probe to Mars. Social Credit system denies millions travel. And the UN wants to go to Xinjiang!

 

All technology owners are doing the same with their governments without any exceptions.

 

Why did the Huawei CEO bald-faced lie about it then?

If we can't trust them to speak the truth about what is clearly true - that Huawei and other Chinese communications companies are required to turn over any and all data to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as you correctly pointed out, then why do business with them?

What is clear is that there are many good reasons for barring Huawei and other Chinese companies - who are all under the direct control of the CCP - from gaining "intimate" access to the data pipelines tasked with interconnecting communications in any country.

 

Most companies can not tell the truth for security reasons and/or commercial reasons that may amount to personal threats to them and their families to death or abuse. The plots behind these stories is much larger than the media wants us to see.
All of this is just a small part of the intelligence war.

 

22:03 - Fearing Cancer From 5G, Portland City Council May Ask FCC to Investigate

Fearing Cancer From 5G, Portland City Council May Ask FCC to Investigate
" This substantial increase in cell towers deployed in communities means greater contact with them."
By Peter Hess on March 12, 2019
https://www.inverse.com/article/53991-portland-oregon-city-council-and-mayor-oppose-fcc-on-5g

"Fearing unknown health risks, members of the City Council in Portland, Oregon, will vote Wednesday to oppose the rollout of 5G wireless networks.

In a proposed resolution, Mayor Ted Wheeler, along with Commissioners Chloe Eudaly and Amanda Fritz, write that there’s evidence suggesting wireless networks can cause health problems — including cancer.

They express concern that the Federal Communications Commission has not conducted enough research to demonstrate that 5G networks are safe, while at the same time prohibiting state and local governments from passing their own regulations on telecommunications technology.

And while Wheeler, Eudaly, and Fritz are correct about the FCC’s power to dictate how state and local governments manage wireless networks, the connection between 5G networks and cancer is a lot more complicated than they say it is.

What Does the Science Say About 5G and Cancer?
“There is evidence to suggest that exposure to radio frequency emissions generated by wireless technologies could contribute to adverse health conditions such as cancer,” reads the proposed resolution. This evidence comes from a large-scale study conducted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

The final results of this study, published in November 2018, showed a strong association between the type of radiation used for mobile phone signals and certain types of cancerous tumors in lab rats.

But that’s where the situation gets tough.

How 4G antennas broadcast signals compared to how 5G antennas beam signals across a city.

The NTP study, which took place over 10 years and involved exposing more than 7,000 rats and mice to radio-frequency radiation — the type used in cell phones — didn’t actually involve 5G networks. It didn’t even involve 4G or 4G LTE, which are used today. It focused only on signals used by wireless technology under the 2G and 3G standards.

These technology standards, which use the same radiation frequency range as 4G, modulate the signal differently. 2G and 3G may have been the state-of-the-art when the study began, but since large-scale studies on cancer take a long time to identify statistically significant effects, the technology has undergone multiple evolutions in the intervening time. So as Inversepreviously reported, it’s nearly impossible to say whether these results will apply to 5G hardware.

Since the available research doesn’t address 5G, the Portland City Council’s resolution demands that the FCC embark on another such research project to assess the health effects of 5G. Presumably, it would take just as long to conduct another study on the hypothesized connection between 5G and cancer, but by that time, the industry will almost certainly have moved on to 6G — or 7G.

By the time studies show whether 5G causes cancer, it probably won't be the industry standard anymore.

Local Versus Federal Regulations
The Portland City Council’s resolution is just as much about local control as it is about the uncertain connection between 5G and cancer, though.

In their resolution, Wheeler, Eudaly, and Fritz express dismay that federal law prevents state and local governments from refusing federal mandates on telecommunications standards.

FCC regulations also require state and local governments to accept all telecom companies’ applications to build new wireless communication infrastructure. The mayor and the city council members are wary of what federal control over this massive wireless network overhaul will mean for their constituents’ exposure to 5G frequencies.

“Wireless companies in the U.S. say they’ll have to install about 300,000 new antennas, close to the total number of cell towers built over the past three decades,” they write. “This substantial increase in cell towers deployed in communities means greater contact with them.”

Of course, this exposure is only harmful if 5G is found to affect human health. And unfortunately, the only way to figure that out would be for the FCC or DHHS to conduct another large-scale trial — a trial that wouldn’t be done in time to matter, since 5G is practically knocking on the door.

That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be studied, though. And in fact, a small but growing movement of European scientists is calling for caution amid the dawning of 5G networks around the world, arguing that the available data on the health risks of cell phone radiation should be cause enough for everyone to slow down.

Wednesday will bring the results of the Portland City Council’s vote, which could set the tone for how the federal government responds to public concerns about the health effects of 5G networks — as well as state and local governments’ demands to set their own standards.

Whatever happens in Portland, it seems clear that this proposed resolution is just a preview of the growing opposition movement against 5G."

 

The push for 5G is all about getting people to spend more, recurring income for everything. No more apps on your phone they'll all be a service for which you have to pay monthly. All media will become streamed media, phones won't even offer storage anymore. It's difficult for me to believe anyone could be simple enough to think 5G is about user satisfaction. It's purpose is to shoot fish in a 5G barrel.

 

A 5G World Is on the Horizon, But How Will It Work?
Seeker
Published on Mar 16, 2019
The rumors of a 5G wireless network, with the fastest connectivity we've ever experienced, is finally coming this year.

Spoiler: Sources...Details...

Read More:
Qualcomm already has a new 5G chip that promises sleeker, long-lasting phones
https://www.cnet.com/g00/news/qualcom...
"Issue a command now on a smartphone — like starting a web search — and the response isn’t exactly immediate. A lag of 50 to several hundred milliseconds is common, partly because signals often must pass between different carrier switching centers; 5G, which uses newer networking technology, was designed to reduce latency down to a few milliseconds."

Yes, 5G will cost you more
https://arstechnica.com/information-t...
"We can tell you that 5G Moto Mod users will experience ultra-fast speeds, be able to download and stream movies in seconds, and, due to 5G's low latency, they'll be able to video conference and collaborate remotely in near real-time," Verizon told Ars, when asked for specific speed and latency numbers. "While we have been clear that 5G service will be a significant [upgrade] over 4G LTE when it comes to speed and latency, we'll provide expected network performance information closer to launch."

What Is 5G? Here’s What You Need to Know About the New Network
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/te...
"The 5G speeds will be particularly noticeable in higher-quality streaming video. And downloading a typical movie at the median speeds cited by Qualcomm would take 17 seconds with 5G, compared with six minutes for 4G."

Could 5G put more kids at risk for cancer?
RT America
Published on Mar 14, 2019
As the race to 5G technology continues around the world, US representatives have voiced public safety concerns and urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to postpone auctioning the rights to 5G development. Experts also say that 5G will also pose serious health risks. RT America’s Sara Montes de Oca joins Scottie Nell Hughes with the details.

 

Frank Clegg: Wireless Tech Forum Making Technology Safe
Environmental Health Trust
Published on Mar 20, 2019
Frank Clegg is Microsoft Canada President now retired who started the non profit Canadians for Safe Technology http://c4st.org This lecture is from a Forum sponsored by State Senator Colbeck


Dr. Paul Heroux: Biological Mechanisms of Wireless Health Effects
Environmental Health Trust
Published on Mar 20, 2019
Wireless is linked to inflammation. Dr. Paul Heroux Professor of Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism at McGill University in Montreal, Canada https://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-p...


Dr. Miller: The Body of Evidence Linking Cell Phone and Wireless to Cancer
Environmental Health Trust
Published on Mar 20, 2019
Senator Colbeck sponsored a 5G and Wireless and Health Forum December 2018 Dr. Anthony Miller is a physician and epidemiologist. Dr. Anthony Miller is currently Professor Emeritus at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. He has served as Director of the Epidemiology Unit of the National Cancer Institute of Canada, Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Senior Epidemiologist, International Agency for Research on Cancer, and Head, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre, 2000-03; consultant to the Division of Cancer Prevention, U.S. National Cancer Institute and to the World Health Organization.

 

Storage demands will be double since everyone will stream atleast in 2k/4K 60 FPS on 5G because of huge speed. First gen 5G will be test phase and subsequent versions will be battery efficient.

 

What you need to know about 5G
CBS News
Published on Feb 21, 2019
CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN to explain 5G, the next generation of faster wireless technology, and how it will enable a vast expansion of connected devices.


5G Health Effects Discussed at National Institutes of Heath Electromagnetic Radiation Conference
Environmental Health Trust
Published on Sep 20, 2018
NIH Panel Discussion on 5G July 2018. Learn more at https://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-p...


US Senator Blumenthal Raises Concerns on 5G Wireless Technology Health Risks at Senate Hearing
Environmental Health Trust
Published on Feb 8, 2019
Health Effects Research on 5G and Wireless at https://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-p...


Opposition to 5G at Michigan Statehouse Testimony
Environmental Health Trust
Published on Mar 10, 2018
This testimony is asking to halt a Bill that will placed 5G small cells in neighborhoods.

 

Nope. You will have only enough storage to cache minutes ahead, possibly seconds, once 5G rules the land. Storage defeats the single greatest reason and primary purpose for 5G from the perspective of the corporate boy wonders who are already counting your money.

 

I think 128GB will be standard because caching those amount of downstreams isn't possible if you pair it with 16GB or 32GB smart-phone.
They only cache in few mins but the amount of writes will be more than we did write on PCs few decades ago.

 

Is 5G Safe?
CNBC
Published on Mar 27, 2019
You are being exposed to radiation right now. It’s coming at you from both space and the soil. From water and food. Your body itself is radioactive. And you’re being exposed to microwaves and radio waves, both natural and human-made. WiFi. TV. Radio stations. Cellphones. 3G, 4G and now, 5G.

5G is just getting started. Qualcomm, Samsung, Verizon, LG, Sprint — all these companies and more are right now working to build out the 5G ecosystem. But there is a spreading fear that 5G will cause cancer. Here's why scientific consensus says 5G is safe and will not harm humans.

 

Only problem I have with 5G is it requires more stations to maintain 100% speed and power efficiency. Only drawback with higher frequency is they are substantially weaker than lower freq when transmitting to long distance comm. links.

 

That's not quite exactly what is going on.

The signal isn't "weaker", it doesn't propagate as far for the same power output as lower frequencies, and doesn't pass through physical objects, so it won't "go around corners" or through trees / rises in terrain.

I haven't gotten the details on the stations being used, to see how much power they use, but it's possible they require *more* power - a stronger signal, not weaker - to travel the same distance for the same coverage.

And, since there are so many stations to cover around objects - and those stations are close to those objects and walking / driving paths the concern is that people are getting much closer to the higher power station RF being used to make the signal cover the areas served.

It's important to get the words correct when trying to describe the concerns, as "weaker" is kinda correct - the signal isn't as effective at the higher frequency for the same amount of power used, but making the stations closer together and higher output power to make up for being "weaker" are exactly the problems we are concerned about with 5g RF.

 

‘Totally insane’: Telecomm Industry ignores 5G dangers
RT America
Published on Mar 6, 2019
Dr. Martin Pall, professor emeritus at Washington State, joins News.Views.Hughes to discuss studies into the harmful health effects of electromagnetic fields. He argues that the toxic and dangerous character of EMF’s are already well-established and that the advent of 5G technology will be that much worse and that it’s “totally insane” to deploy 5G without researching the biological risks.

 

Former U.S. military leaders warn of risks to future combat operations posed by Chinese-built 5G networks
Updated Apr 2, 2019 at 4:48 PM
Click here to download the pdf.

Current, former Pentagon leaders sound alarm on Chinese technology in 5G networks
By Ellen Nakashima, April 3

"Current and former Pentagon leaders are warning about the risks to future military operations posed by allies in Europe and Asia using Chinese technology in their 5G wireless telecommunications networks.

Spoiler: Details...

In a statement Wednesday, six former officials note that the immense bandwidth and super-high speeds of the coming 5G systems — up to 100 times faster than current 4G platforms — will make them attractive for the U.S. military to share data with allies or transfer information in combat.

And they and U.S. defense officials warn that allowing Chinese firms such as Huawei to outfit these networks poses unacceptable risks of espionage and disruptive cyberattacks on military operations because of the firm’s alleged ties to the Chinese government and a 2017 Chinese law that requires companies, if directed, to cooperate in surveillance activities.

[British spy agency delivers scathing assessment of security risks posed by Huawei to U.K. telecom networks]

“While our concern is for future operations, the time for action is now,” said the leaders, who include retired Adm. James Stavridis and retired Gen. Philip Breedlove, the two most recent commanders of NATO and U.S. European Command; retired Adm. Samuel Locklear III, former head of U.S. Pacific Command; and a former director of national intelligence, retired Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr.

Their blunt statement — the first by so many former senior commanders — was timed to the Wednesday opening of a NATO summit of foreign ministers in Washington.

“As military leaders who have commanded U.S. and allied troops around the world, we have grave concerns about a future where a Chinese-developed 5G network is widely adopted among our allies and partners,’’ they said.

Pentagon leaders also are sounding the alarm. Last week, Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said at an Atlantic Council conference that China is engaged in a struggle with the United States for “digital supremacy” economically and militarily.

She called for an integrated U.S. government strategy in partnership with Silicon Valley and the investment community to counter China’s ambitions. She warned that if other partners use equipment from a vendor such as Huawei, “we could be overcome quickly with technical overmatch,” which could diminish battlefield advantage.

“If our allies and partners go with a Huawei solution, we need to reconsider how we share critical information with them,” Lord said.

[U.S. officials planning for a future in which Huawei has a major share of 5G global networks]

Last week, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph F. Dunford Jr. forecast a “broad, fundamental” threat to national security if Huawei is permitted to build allies’ networks. “A foundational element of an alliance is the ability to share information securely,” he told the House Armed Services Committee.

Last month, acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan noted a number of Chinese government initiatives that seek to enhance Chinese influence globally, often through questionable means, he said. “With initiatives like the Digital Silk Road, Made in China 2025 and Thousand Talents Program in play, which spur companies and individuals to carry out its bidding, China aims to steal its way to a China-controlled global technological infrastructure, including a 5G network,” he told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“Let me be perfectly clear,” he said, “the United States does not oppose competition, as long as it takes place on a fair and level playing field. However, we cannot accept the unfair and illegal actions of others who intend to tilt the playing field through predatory economics and underhanded tactics.”

There is no U.S. supplier of end-to-end 5G network components. The major U.S. telecom companies, which have pledged to exclude Huawei and another Chinese firm, ZTE, from their 5G systems, rely on European providers Ericsson and Nokia and the South Korean firm Samsung. But Huawei, the world’s largest telecom equipment provider, is making a big play for business with rural carriers in the United States and with countries in Europe and the developing world.

[Huawei reports record profits despite U.S. pressure campaign]

U.S. law bars the government and its contractors from purchasing gear made by Huawei and ZTE. Legislation is pending in Congress that would prevent U.S. companies from supplying Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications companies with critical components. The White House has had ready for months an executive order that would effectively ban Chinese companies from the U.S. telecom supply chain.

Countries such as Poland, Estonia and Germany in Europe and Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines in Asia are weighing whether to include Huawei in their next-generation systems. The United States has mounted a campaign to persuade partners that using Huawei poses unacceptable security risks.

The former U.S. commanders said their concerns fall into three categories: espionage, military operations and human rights. Noting the 2017 Chinese law, they alleged that Huawei’s provision of radio antennas and other communications gear could provide the Chinese government with a means to capture data “at will.”

Huawei’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, insists his company has never enabled Chinese government espionage and it doesn’t plan to. But U.S. officials are skeptical that the firm would resist a government directive.

The Pentagon is weighing how it might use the future 5G networks to share intelligence or conduct military operations. Former officials say the shortcomings of current satellite communications, which are vulnerable to Chinese and Russian jamming, make 5G wireless systems a logical alternative. But if they use untrustworthy equipment, these officials say, the data could be stolen or manipulated, or operations could be disrupted.

“You’re trying to target an adversary’s capability,’’ said retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, a former Pacific Command director of operations and a former policy director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The data needs to be accurate and near real time and reliable. A 5G network is going to be highly desirable — unless it’s built by Huawei.”

The former officials also said they are concerned that the export of China’s 5G technologies “will advance a pernicious high-tech authoritarianism.”

If Huawei is invited by foreign governments to build their new networks, Beijing could have access to the data of billions of people, they allege. China already leads the world in the deployment of facial and gait recognition in settings ranging from airports to classrooms, and it has created what is probably the world’s largest censorship apparatus to monitor the private messages of 1 billion users on the WeChat app.

In the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, authorities have relied on the sweeping collection of electronic communications to support a detention and internment program that has ensnared more than 1 million Muslim citizens.

The former officials say they fear unbridled data-gathering coupled with information gleaned from 5G networks could give Beijing “unprecedented powers of foreign influence to favor authoritarian allies . . . and punish human-rights activists the world over.”

The other former officials signing the statement are retired Admiral Timothy Keating, former head of Pacific Command, and retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, former director of the National Security Agency.

Gerry Shih in Beijing contributed to this report.

 

Verizon 5G Rollout Two Years Ahead of Schedule, CEO Says
Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Published on Apr 8, 2019
Jan.08 -- Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hans Vestberg discusses the rollout of its 5G wireless service, Apple iPhone activations, and holiday season subscriber growth.

 

That's the correct timeframe for 5G maturity. Yeah, GP's are hard to find.
I think it'll take around 3 years to get decent battery life and good connectivity till last mile.

 

I tried Motorola's 5G phone on Verizon's first 5G network in Chicago
Digital Trends
Published on Apr 9, 2019
Verizon activated its first 5G network in the U.S. on April 3, a week ahead of schedule, and we flew to Chicago to see what it’s like. Even with using the mid-range Motorola Moto Z3 from 2018 and the 5G Moto Mod, it’s still a high cost of entry to use 5G. So is it worth upgrading your phone, at least in 2019?

 

Looking at this video alone the current 5G implementation seems overhyped. Yes, download speeds are much higher but this is using a site that has very little users. As soon as more 5G users will connect to it - the speeds will drop. For example my Galaxy S9 currently shows 25 up 20 down speed with strong LTE connection, and sometimes speed goes lower if the site becomes overloaded with users. And this video does not show much difference in terms of ping when he tests 5G and LTE.

 

5G: Where It's Available, Who's First, What's Next
https://www.benzinga.com/top-stories/19/04/13489626/5g-where-its-available-whos-first-whats-next?

You might have heard that 5G is here. Now you can get on your phone and download an entire movie in a couple of seconds, right?

For most consumers, the wait for 5G is kind of like downloading a movie to your phone: something's happening. Just give it a little longer, it’s coming.

But, if you’re in South Korea, downtown Chicago or Minneapolis and you have the right phone, the right plan and maybe a gizmo to help your phone out a bit, — then go watch your movie – it was there a while ago. You have all the promised wonder of gigabit speeds.

 

Nah, they're talking about the bare minimum and that as being protected, in other words no user read/write. The corporate boy wonders want to take us to dumb phones that provide services all of which live on the net. That is the true purpose of 5G, making everything a service for which you will pay recurring subscriptions. The transition is already starting and not just on phones, there is a reason your Windows 10 PC is constantly reminding you that Windows is a service.

 

5G Rural Rollout
RFD-TV
Published on Apr 15, 2019
Washington DC April 15th - The trump administration rolls out a new plan to upgrade american communication to 5g, and dedicate billions to rural broadband access. RFD-TV’s Sarah Mock has the story. While the white house supports the nationwide rollout of an advanced 5g network, they say rural can’t be left behind.

Spoiler: Click for more...

“We are also focused on rural communities that do not have access to broadband at all. Farmers just haven’t been treated properly, and now we’re making it a priority, that’s the area we want to go to first. We’re also working with federal agencies to get networks built in rural America faster, and at much, much lower cost.”

The rural digital opportunity fund, proposed by the FCC, would dedicate $20.4 billion over ten years to expanding high speed internet access to undeserved and un-served communities.

“This money will extend high speed broadband to up to 4 million homes and small businesses, in rural America. These next generation networks will bring greater opportunity to America’s heartland, and pave the way for 5G technologies.”

The money for this plan, he says, will come from the universal service fund and provide $2 billion a year to rural carriers to support the build out of broadband networks. Streamlining regulation is another priority, trump says, his administration plans to shorten the permitting period and cap local fees on 5g and broadband builds. producers present at the event expressed their support.

“The theme that you struck today of deregulation and broadening it out, and letting American business, letting America’s farmers fix the problems of this country really rings heart with us. That’s what we try to do and that’s what we’ll bring forward to build this nation.”

Though the proposal must still go through notice and public comment periods, Pai is hopeful to begin reverse auctions to distribute the money later this year. For RFD-TV, I’m Sarah Mock in Washington.

The president also announced a third 5g spectrum auction set for late this year, a process that’s drawn attention from those concerned that china could be surging ahead of the us in 5g adoption, which the administration says is a security and competitive concern. Which promises to be up to 100 times faster than the current 4g network. Steve Censky Was On Hand For The Announcement

Trump
Pai
Marty Smith, NCBA President-elect

Sarah Mock
Washington Correspondent
@sarah_k_mock

Trump puts kibosh on nationalized 5G network rumors
But the White House and FCC promise more spectrum for the wireless industry and a $20 billion fund for rural broadband to ensure US dominance in 5G
MARGUERITE REARDON, CARRIE MIHALCIK
APRIL 12, 2019 2:46 PM PDT
https://www.cnet.com/news/white-hou...and-20b-fund-for-rural-broadband-says-report/

 

Why You Shouldn't Get Excited About 5G | Untangled

 

Note @ 12:45, high power 4G = 300w , high power 5G = 1000w !

To make up for the high drop off in power over distance the 5G cells will need 3x+ more power in the same geography - at much higher frequencies, with much higher densities of cell's required, all adding up to a much higher RF exposure for people, plants, and animals.

5G Whizz - BBC Click
BBC Click
Published on May 6, 2019
The future is 5G: from race tracks to connected cows on the farm. Plus a look at Chinese company Huawei's leading role in developing the technology.

 

Here's where the US and China stand in race to 5G networks
CNBC Television
Published on May 20, 2019
Craig Moffett, founder and senior analyst at MoffettNathanson, joins "Squawk Box" to break down where we are in the battle for 5G continues and why it matters.

 

Does this pose any immediate risk to wildlife, say, killing birds, etc?

 

For me, it boils down to the feasibility of Gigabit-grade LTE, supported on some networks and devices such as the Netgear M1 portable hotspot.

What 5G promises has several requirements that are concerning (to me):

1.This:

2. Cost: Like any new tech, the first wave of devices are likely to have outrageous pricing, topped with

3. Actual viability: That high drop in power over distance means that 5G will, at best, function at full capacity in close proximity to a cell. And these types of waves are easily impeded by ordinary obstacles, such as your hands, etc. Translating into more antennas per device, and practically, even greater battery drain. And that last bit ties to #1 above: Potentially overpriced gadgets with subpar network performance in some areas, and questionable usability with a shorter than average battery life.

A switch to 5G for networks omitting support for 4G LTE Gigabit speeds at this time would only play out as a marketing ploy. In an era where (some) mobile networks are bullshitting about 5G -E , a lot here has to be taken with a grain of salt.

 

It's way too early to get reliable reports - 5G isn't fully implemented anywhere in all available bands, so who knows until it happens around were we live and we see it ourselves, or don't see it.

RF doesn't have to kill to disrupt wildlife, as has already been discovered:

Man-Made Electromagnetic Noise Disrupts a Bird’s Compass
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/.../electromagnetic-noise-disrupts-bird-compass/

Effects of radio frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMF) on honey bee queen development and mating success
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30682608
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/10/03/434142.full.pdf

Look how many years it's taken for cell phone technology to begin to be noticed for the damage it can cause. Glioblastoma's have been noted with a number of high profile people dying from cancer site's right where they held or carried their cellphones - the head, chest, and groin.

Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer or Not?
Senator John McCain’s glioblastoma diagnosis revives a longstanding debate over the safety of wireless technology.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/do-cellphones-cause-brain-cancer-or-not/534303/
https://www.google.com/search?q=cell+phone+glioblastomas

I've posted a number of articles and channels that cover these issues in the past, in a few threads, do a local search on my posts.

It's probably a good thing that people have reduced their use of cellphones for voice calls, holding the RF generating device as far from your body as possible, and varying the exposure area can reduce the concentration of exposure over time.

Added below as #1:
[Higher Power output needed from each Cell site, denser Cell distribution = many times the number of cell sites, cell sites much closer to humans and habitation, a virtual web of high power RF blanketing all human habitation areas 24/7 - you can not simply put down your phone / device to reduce the RF you are being exposed to daily, 24/7]

I don't think 4G is going away for a long time, just like 3G is still with us and how it took years for analog cell coverage to disappear.

It's going to take a long time before 5G rolls out everywhere, and if problems arise during that roll out I think people are going to be very much more "awake" about it than back in the 1980's.

There is talk about switching the frequency use bands down from where they are now proposed for 5G, which will take some work to change, but it might be what is needed. Right now most (all?) 5G rolled out publicly are only using the lower bands, not the super high speed top millimeter wavelengths.

https://www.everythingrf.com/community/5g-frequency-bands

What are 5G and mmWave, and when will you be able to realistically use them?
https://appleinsider.com/articles/1...when-will-you-be-able-to-realistically-use-it

 

5G in total for mobile hasn't really been implemented anywhere - yet. If we are talking about 5G including the highest speed band of frequencies - where you get the magical speeds, AFAIK it's only in lab or testing stage.

And, in some current 5G rollout's it's not mobile 5G instead it's a Wifi service with a 5G "hotspot".

Semi-5G implementations are described in this recent article covering, with ATT 5GE being the most notorious - are faster 4G LTE, and have zero 5G in it.

5G is real and Verizon's [Los Angeles] got the supersonic speeds to prove it
Despite little coverage and early hiccups, the 5G rollout is chugging along.
ROGER CHENG, MAY 18, 2019 5:00 AM PDT
https://www.cnet.com/news/5g-is-real-and-verizons-got-the-super-sonic-speeds-to-prove-it/

"...
Sounds great, but when does 5G get here?
Verizon launched the first "5G" service in the world in October, but it's a bit of a technicality -- a fixed broadband replacement, rather than a mobile service. An installer has to put in special equipment that can pick up the 5G signals and turn that into a Wi-Fi connection in the home so your other devices can access it.

There's also some debate about whether the service even qualifies as 5G: It doesn't use the standards the industry has agreed on. The company wanted to jump out ahead, and used its own proprietary technology. Verizon argues that the speeds, which range from 300 megabits per second to 1 gigabit per second, qualify the service for 5G designation. Its rivals and other mobile experts dispute that claim.

The launch was extremely limited in select neighborhoods in Houston, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles and Sacramento, California. (Let us know if you're among the lucky few who get it.)

As of the end of December, AT&T was turning on its mobile 5G network in a dozen cities, and more specifically in "dense urban and high-traffic areas."

Take note, Verizon: AT&T boasted that it's the "first and only company in the US to offer a mobile 5G device over a commercial, standards-based mobile 5G network." It plans to boost its coverage to a total of 22 cities in 2019.

Verizon says it'll launch its mobile 5G in 2019...

What about this 5G E thing from AT&T?
Sorry, but that's more marketing fluff. AT&T's 5G E stands for 5G Evolution, or its upgraded 4G LTE network that has a path to real 5G.

But the designation, which showed up on phones early this year, has caused some consumer confusion, with some thinking they already have 5G. To be clear, it's not, with many bashing AT&T for misleading customers. Sprint filed a lawsuit against AT&T, which, according to an AT&T spokesperson, the companies "amicably settled." AT&T has said it's "proud" that it went with the 5G E name.

5G E does bring higher speeds, but not the kind of true benefits real 5G would bring.
..."

Lots more interesting details - and links to other 5G related info - in the article... here's one example:

"Many of the phones will use Qualcomm's X50 modem, which is designed specifically to tap into 5G spectrum. Later phones will use a second-generation chip that picks up more spectrum bands."

Qualcomm already has a new 5G chip that promises sleeker, long-lasting phones
The second-generation chip comes as we're still waiting on first-generation 5G smartphones.
BY SHARA TIBKEN, FEBRUARY 19, 2019 4:30 AM PST
https://www.cnet.com/news/qualcomms-new-5g-multimode-chip-means-sleeker-phones-better-battery-life/

Even that future 5G chip doesn't come with onboard millimeter wavelength (highest 5G speeds) functions, an additional "millimeter wave module" is required:

" Millimeter wave modules
Qualcomm on Tuesday also announced a new module to go alongside the X55 and help it tap into fast, millimeter wave signals.
...
On Tuesday, Qualcomm unveiled the second generation of its millimeter wave module, the QTM525. The new technology supports more bands, including the 26 GHz, 28 GHz and 39 GHz networks in North America, Korea, Japan, Europe and Australia. "

So even that extended millimeter wave module's top end is 39GHZ, which is well below the 60GHZ band also required for full 5G support.

 

tl;dr - 5G transmissions at the same frequency used by Weather Satellites to detect water vapor will "fog" their view, potentially interfering with successful weather forecasting, especially in urban areas - worldwide.

Global 5G wireless networks threaten weather forecasts
Next-generation mobile technology could interfere with crucial satellite-based Earth observations.
Alexandra Witze,26 APRIL 2019
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01305-4

"...They include the 23.8-gigahertz frequency, at which water vapour in the atmosphere emits a faint signal. Satellites, such as the European MetOp probes, monitor energy radiating from Earth at this frequency to assess humidity in the atmosphere below — measurements that can be taken during the day or at night, even if clouds are present. Forecasters feed these data into models to predict how storms and other weather systems will develop in the coming hours and days.

But a 5G station transmitting at nearly the same frequency will produce a signal that looks much like that of water vapour. “We wouldn’t know that that signal is not completely natural,” says Gerth. Forecasts would become less accurate if meteorologists incorporated those bad data into their models."

 

These speed test's comparing 5g and 4g at the same location are bogus comparisons. I've never seen such slow 4g speeds ever, even 3g speeds were faster. Those 4g numbers make the comparison worthless, CNET should have just shown 5g speeds alone. Note the super slow upload speeds on 5g.

At times the 5g speeds shown on that tour are less than the 4g speeds I get already, about 160 / 15 mbps - on a 3 year old phone.

Those 4G speeds show Sprint's lack of commitment to long term coverage for their customers. How long has 4G been in existence? Sprint couldn't get decent performance out of 4g in all that time? So now for 5G Sprint is putting in the effort to improve the coverage - but the paid for Sprint 4g service is left lagging? PR nightmare, I wonder why Sprint didn't figure this out before inviting journalists to tour that route?

It is also telling how the intro starts, she's inside a vehicle and is losing and getting back 5g connectivity. All the Sprint Tour speed tests are done outside. Except for the bus hosted 5g tests, which likely use a gain antenna on the outside of the bus it looks like 5g inside a car won't hold the connection reliably. Yes, 5g is not wide spread yet, but in order to close up the coverage it's going to take a gigantic build-out of cell's.

The LG V50 5G looks nice, especially with the added 2nd screen case.

Testing Sprint's 5G network on the highway
CNET
Published on May 31, 2019
We went around Dallas testing Sprint's 5G network. Not only was the connection impressively fast, it was pretty reliable too. For the full story, check out https://cnet.co/2KfB8mL. Watch us test Verizon's 5G network in Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jypd...