Alphabet tech-consultant and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has criticized the US government’s approach to 5G deployment. According to the entrepreneur, the slowness of the authorities affects not only consumers but the entire US technology sector. Schmidt believes China’s loss in the 5G race is only the beginning, as the transition to next-generation networks involves a series of breakthroughs in drone technology, virtual reality, and other technologies that developers have yet to invent. Schmidt co-wrote a critique of US technological progress with Harvard professor Graham Ellison for The Wall Street Journal. In this column, Schmidt and Ellison stated that the…