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Trump Meets with Tech Executives on Drones, Internet of Things

U.S. President Donald Trump met with two dozen executives from technology companies and venture capital firms on Thursday for advice on how the government can promote emerging technologies such as drones and Internet of Things.
  • Written by Bloomberg News
  • 23rd June 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump met with two dozen executives from technology companies and venture capital firms on Thursday for advice on how the government can promote emerging technologies such as drones and the Internet of Things.

“We want to remain No. 1,” Trump told the technology company leaders. “We’re on the verge of new technological revolutions that could improve virtually every aspect of our lives, creating vast new wealth for American companies and families.”

Executives including outgoing General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Sprint Corp. CEO Marcelo Claure and venture capitalist Steve Case, the billionaire co-founder of AOL Inc., were invited to provide suggestions on how the administration should spur private innovation and set appropriate guidelines for new technologies.

In a public session open to reporters and television cameras, the president and corporate leaders offered fulsome praise for each other. Trump told Stephenson AT&T is doing “really a top job.” Precision Hawk CEO Michael Chasen congratulated the president “on the great job you’ve been doing.”

The tech leaders were to hold breakout sessions on drones, connected devices and easing access to venture capital for startups outside traditional enclaves such as Silicon Valley, Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios told reporters on Wednesday.

Reshaping Life

Trump “will learn firsthand how these important technologies are reshaping modern life and what’s possible when our workers can fly over job sites, and when huge cell towers shrink to the size of pizza boxes,” he said.

The White House is using the week to highlight technology initiatives. Trump met Monday with tech executives including Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos to discuss ways to make the federal government more efficient. On Wednesday, the president visited Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to discuss the use of technology in agriculture.

While several CEOs of technology companies have been critical of some of Trump’s policies, particularly on immigration, they have flocked to the White House this week seeking to influence the government’s approach to technology.

AT&T’s Stephenson said before the event that he was pleased with the lighter regulations already promised by the Trump administration and that he was optimistic about the possibility of tax reforms happening this year. Lower corporate tax bills would free up more cash that companies like AT&T could channel back into capital expenditures, Stephenson said Thursday on CNBC.

New Networks

On the wireless front, AT&T and the other major U.S. carriers have drawn up plans for investing in the next stage of network infrastructure, which is being called fifth generation or 5G. The super-fast technology is expected to usher in a hyper-connected internet-of-things era where self-driving cars can monitor and coordinate with other vehicles.

“I am looking forward to sharing ideas with everyone today,” T-Mobile Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert said Thursday. “The opportunity for this country with 5G and IoT is enormous if we set things in motion the right way. It’s an impressive group of leaders heading to the White House and should be an interesting discussion.”

Case, who now runs the investment firm Revolution LLC, used his company website to defend his decision to engage with Trump.

“I know some people will question my decision to attend the gathering of investors at the White House, but I have long advocated for leaders of any kind to engage if given the opportunity,” Case wrote Wednesday, highlighting his concerns with Trump’s policies on immigration and climate change. “I would argue that there is perhaps no more important time to take a seat at the table.”

Regulating Drones

The drone industry has much at stake, as the government seeks to regulate the fast-growing market for unmanned aircraft.

While drone industry leaders had expressed frustration with the pace of the Federal Aviation Administration in opening the skies to unmanned aircraft, they have mostly been positive about the agency’s work since late 2015.

Since then, the FAA has adopted regulations allowing routine commercial drone operations and has made progress in granting unmanned flights wider access. The agency is also working with NASA to create the equivalent of an air-traffic system for small unmanned aircraft flying at low altitudes.

In most cases, drones are currently limited to flights as high as 400 feet (122 meters) off the ground, within the sight of the operator and not over people on the ground.

An attempt to expand those limits has been put on hold as a result of concerns from law enforcement agencies.

The FAA had planned to unveil a proposal by January that would have given drone operators growing permission to fly over people. Operations over crowds and urban areas are prohibited now, but are critical to several commercial uses, from drone deliveries to inspections.

However, the FAA’s proposal was put on hold because law enforcement and security agencies were concerned they couldn’t tell the difference between a lawfully operated craft and those for nefarious purposes.

In the Internet of Things, a growing number of objects and devices will become web-connected — everything from refrigerators and thermostats to cars and industrial machines.

The technology aims to improve efficiency and responsiveness by remote monitoring and automatically managing industrial manufacturing lines, households, people’s health or traffic systems, for instance.

Corporate spending on technologies related to the Internet of Things could reach $280 billion by 2020, the Boston Consulting Group estimates.

“We will need to build out the infrastructure to handle this dramatic transformation,” Kratsios said.

Other executives attending White House talks include Honeywell International Inc. CEO Darius Adamczyk and  John Stratton, Verizon Communications Inc.’s executive vice president and president of customer and product operations.

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