House Energy and Commerce panel considers proposals on communications sector coordination, fast tracking 6G

Lawmakers explored measures to strengthen U.S. leadership in the development of secure 5G and 6G networks and to make the National Telecommunications and Information Administration a central hub for addressing cybersecurity policy for U.S. communications networks, at a House hearing on Thursday.

The House Energy and Commerce communications subcommittee discussed nine bills at the legislative hearing, including a proposal to create a 6G Task Force at the FCC and the “NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act” to expand NTIA’s...