Donald Trump wants Apple to help build telecom infrastructure for 5G wireless networks in the US

Apple is not known to have made any investments in 5G telecoms infrastructure to date and is yet to release a 5G device. US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had asked Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to look into helping develop telecommunications infrastructure for 5G wireless networks in the United States. 5G RACE Trump has earlier said that the United States intended to deploy 5G services rapidly and plans to cooperate with “like-minded nations” to promote security in next-generation 5G networks. The United States has been pressing nations not to grant Huawei access to future 5G networks and alleged Huawei’s equipment could be used by Beijing for spying, which the Chinese company has repeatedly denied. Apple, which is expected to release its first 5G phones in 2020, will be able to beat Samsung and Huawei to capture the top spot by the end of next year, according to research firm Strategy Analytics here Many carriers that are investing heavily to build 5G networks are also likely to put their marketing efforts behind 5G phones.