Carriers Delay 5G Rollout Over Concerns By Airlines

The New York Times reports:

Verizon and AT&T said on Tuesday that they would delay the debut of new 5G cellular service near some airports, an attempt to address concerns that their equipment would interfere with airplane equipment when the service started on Wednesday.

AT&T said in a statement that it had “voluntarily agreed to temporarily defer turning on a limited number of towers around certain airport runways” while it continued to work with aviation regulators.

Neither company said where they would apply the new measures and it was not immediately clear whether the changes went far enough to satisfy airlines and aviation safety regulators and avoid mass flight cancellations.

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Breaking News: Verizon and AT&T will limit the Wednesday debut of 5G service near some airports amid concerns that it could interfere with plane equipment. https://t.co/sHXNyq7NBo

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 18, 2022