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CTIA Launches 5G Security Test Bed

CTIA announced the launch of its 5G Security Test Bed (STB), which is designed to verify recommendations by the FCC’s Communications Security Reliability and Interoperability Council for 5G networks. It’s based at the University of Maryland, and CTIA, AT&T, Ericsson,…

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T-Mobile, UScellular, Mitre and the school are its founding members, CTIA said Wednesday. “5G is the most secure generation of wireless technology, with enhanced protections built into it from the ground-up,” the group said: “The STB was created to build on this foundation, testing use cases, making recommendations, and further bolstering 5G’s security.” It will start as a 5G network with a 4G core, then change to a stand-alone network.