[arbitrage]

If the U.S. DOD is involved, then no -- it will not be 'open'.

Americans always play weird games with the truth, what they think you'll allow them to get away with when they lie straight to your face.

[jjoonathan]

(Brought to you on the open internet which grew directly from a DoD project.)

[ramoz]

(While your uber eats is in route using GPS)

[Jtsummers]

They're looking for more open technology that they can use as parts of their system. As opposed to, say, the present cellular systems where it's:

1. Hard to create your own cell network (in contrast to a wifi or ethernet network).

2. Limited choice on vendors (again, in contrast to wifi and ethernet).

5G's potential ubiquity and utility, but limited vendors, is an issue for the DoD. They want to use it, but if they can't build out their own 5G infrastructure reliably with a decent variety of vendors it's a no-go.