(Telecompaper) US President Trump gave an address on the important of 5G and the role the US wants to take in the emerging technology. The speech came after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and White House unveiled a new USD 20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to extend high-speed broadband to 4 million homes and businesses. The FCC also announced that the country's third 5G spectrum auction would start on 10 December, selling 3,400 MHz in three different spectrum bands.