Under the chairmanship of Tom Wheeler, the FCC is becoming an uncharacteristically dynamic and creative force for progress in the mobile industry. Wheeler has shown genuine leadership in driving the opening of new spectrum for 5G, especially in the millimeter wave bands, and his passion for the cause was clear as he announced, in a speech to the Washington DC press last week, that the Commission would vote on new rules for high frequency spectrum on July 14. Wheeler billed his address as ‘The Future of Wireless: A Vision for US. Leadership in a 5G World’ and enlarged on that theme, saying that if the FCC “approves my proposal next month, the United States will be the first country in…