From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

3G, 4G, and now 5G.

It seems like every time you turn on the TV or surf the web,

you see ads for how fast your smartphone is, or how fast it could be if you just switch networks.

5G is the future, and it will change the way the world works forever.

T-Mobile will build a 5G network to make that future possible.

We're very excited to announce that Verizon will be the first in the world to provide a commercial 5G service,

including rapid broadband internet and 5G mobility services.

As businesses explore new applications and services, they'll need a next generation network to support their innovations.

And with the AT&T vision for 5G, entire industries could be transformed.

Every one of these promising new breakthroughs will be built on the common foundation of 5G,

enabling billions of things to be made smart through seamless connectivity,

massive computing power, and access to rich data and analytics stored at the eye of the cloud,

all of which means one company is uniquely positioned to power 5G end to end.

Intel Everyone wants faster. to power 5G end to end. Intel.

Everyone wants faster and more abundant mobile coverage.

And while the introduction of fifth generation networks, or 5G, does mean we can download

Netflix and podcasts faster, much of our everyday life will soon be inexorably attached to 5G.

So what does the federal government have to do with 5G?

A lot, actually.

Recently, the Federal Communications Commission said that developing the 5G network is a global race,

and the stakes are high, not just because this is a race for faster

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