The White House held a summit on 5G Friday, the deployment of which is a priority both for the Trump Administration and its pick for FCC chair, Ajit Pai. Pai's remarks came only two days after the FCC voted to speed the small cell deployments on which 5G depends by reducing the fees and timelines for local reviews of tower siting. B&C reports Pai branded FCC efforts the 5G FAST plan saying, "time was of the essence given that the U.S. is hardly operating in a vacuum." Pai says, "The U.S.