China is significantly outspending the US on 5G, and the breakneck speed it is deploying antennas could ultimately give it macroeconomic leadership as a protracted trade war looms. However, the US also has significant IoT value chain advantages, meaning it...

The departure of Dish Network’s CFO Steve Swain comes as the US satellite broadcaster faces rising criticism over plans for its vast spectrum assets, and questions about whether it has missed a critical opportunity for a sale. The spectrum, which is estimated to be worth roughly US$40bn, must be put to use by March 2020 under a deadline imposed by the FCC as part of a licence modification in 2013. Investors have long called for a sale of the spectrum, but Dish Network...