AT&T and Verizon may have to delay 5G deployments another two weeks over airline safety fears

AT&T and Verizon may have to delay 5G deployments another two weeks over airline safety fears
By Jacob Kastrenakes

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

US officials have asked AT&T and Verizon to further delay new 5G deployments so that the Federal Aviation Administration can have more time to determine where they might interfere with airlines. US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson sent a letter to the CEOs of the two telecoms on Friday requesting a delay of “no more than two weeks,” according to Reuters.

AT&T and Verizon had already delayed these deployments by a month over regulators’ concerns and planned to start the rollout on January 5th as a result. The two telecoms now tell Insider they are reviewing the latest request for a further delay. Buttigieg and Dickson write that, even with an additional delay, they expect 5G deployment will still...

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January 2, 2022 at 12:02AM
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