http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/16/technology/china-united-states-5g-technology-study/index.html
"The US wireless industry is prepared to pump $275 billion into 5G deployment, which could create up to 3 million new jobs and boost the country's GDP by $500 billion, according to a 2017 Accenture study also commissioned by CTIA."
Not R&D jobs, but I think each of us can contribute to deployment.