We are the national, multi-industry stakeholder coalition urging
the U.S. Congress to make a major federal investment
in 5G and next-generation mobile connectivity to improve public welfare and drive the digitization of the country.
ECONOMIC SECURITY
Investing in America’s mobile connectivity will supercharge our path to the future, rapidly expanding mobile-enabled technologies to drive job creation, boost productivity, increase consumer spending and business investment and deliver the promise of economic security to all Americans, not just those who live where cell connections are the strongest. Already, a whopping 85% of small businesses use smartphones to manage and expand their companies, helping to contribute $5.7 Trillion to the global economy. That figure will grow once all Americans have equal access to reliable mobile networks.
PERSONAL SAFETY
Cellular networks make us safer. Terabytes of personal financial, health and consumer information are launched into cyberspace from our phones daily, giving cyber criminals infinite opportunities to exploit, steal, and victimize. Mobile networks are end-to-end encrypted–giving consumers, industry and government greater protection from cyberattacks and other threats that cost more than $9T per year globally, and growing.
FIRST TO THE RESCUE
90% of all 911-emergency calls are made from cell phones making mobile connectivity an essential service for us all.
While being our #1 lifeline, mobile connectivity also provides crucial communications for first responders. It helps them improve response times, put out fires, treat patients at accident sites, rescue us in hurricanes, floods and tornadoes and improve safety in all our communities.
Without mobile connectivity, we are lost.
Find out more about our efforts to increase federal investment for this essential service.