AT&T and Verizon could delay 5G development due to FAA concerns

For the past month, AT&T and Verizon have been shutting down releases in haste C-band 5G function, due to security concerns from the Federal Aviation Administration. Now, it seems that another delay should occur, again due to FAA concerns. The two major carriers were scheduled for December 5 to use the newly purchased frequencies to launch the C-band operation, but delayed the launch of January 5 after the airline had raised concerns about possible disruptions. According to letter obtained by Reuters, The Department of Transportation and the FAA are now requesting another two weeks to study the matter.

In the letter, sent by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and FAA Director Steve Dickson to CEOs of AT&T and Verizon, the two requested a delay “within two weeks.” The two made the request as part of a “concept as a solution that is about to improve the availability of 5G deployment in C-Band and secure aviation,” according to Reuters.

In the current crisis there is an opportunity for pilots to use climate protection that would conflict with the new C-band 5G technology. The FAA wants to introduce a ban on pilots using these machines, The Wall Street Journal was reported in November. Aviation authorities have said that C-band 5G can disrupt flights inside and around nearly a dozen cities where C-band towers are located. Telecoms say there is no evidence that C-band 5G will compromise aircraft security.

In the framework of that Reuters explains in its report, the FAA will select “critical” airports where “protected areas will allow aviation operations to continue unsafe once the FAA has completed its attempts to disrupt it.”

Reuters says both companies are said to have received the letter. But so far they have stopped accepting the two-week delay. Needless to say, this delay will come as a non-issue for both carriers. Reuters reports Friday, the companies criticized airlines for supporting the growth of the C-band “until wireless companies agree to pay a premium for permanent altimeters.”

And in words to Inside On Saturday, a Verizon spokesman said: “If the airlines are seriously affected by the suspension of 5G-related flights, they should look at their history over the past two weeks,” he said. a wave of recent failures among the number of cases of COVID-19. “This business, which received $ 54 billion in taxpayers’ money, has been repaid by the government over the past few years with serious financial problems.”

Even frustration as supervisors from these two carriers can, however, be Reuters recognizes companies that agreed six months after security bought a C-band show in early 2021.