FCC's security council approves 5G report, but pulls supply-chain piece for further updates

The Federal Communications Commission's security advisory group today approved a new report on securing next-generation 5G networks -- including encryption language -- after removing sections on supply chains in order to consider the impact of pending legislation and other government initiatives, before issuing an updated report by the end of 2018.

“It's really a moving target,” said Brian King, chairman of the FCC's Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council and senior vice president of national engineering operations at T-Mobile, said...