Key cybersecurity policymakers explore bolstering U.S. 5G efforts by relaxing antitrust enforcement

Key members of Congress and the Trump administration are grappling with how regulators should enforce the nation’s antitrust laws, amid the need to boost research and development funding toward reduced reliance on foreign rivals in advancing fifth-generation telecommunications technology.

“As we discuss what is the answer to our success, you know, how do we win the race to 5G, it’s not being more like [China], it’s doubling down on us,” Diane Rinaldo, acting director of the National Telecommunications and Information...