The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts will inquire into and report on the deployment, adoption and application of 5G in Australia.
5G refers to the fifth generation of mobile technology, in line with the International Mobile Telecommunications-2020 (IMT-2020) Standard of the International Telecommunications Union and the associated releases of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The Committee will:
- Investigate the capability, capacity and deployment of 5G;
- Understand the application of 5G, including use cases for enterprise and government.
Matters relating to national security are out of scope for this Committee.