{"id":145138,"date":"2022-01-18T18:58:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=145138"},"modified":"2022-01-18T18:58:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:58:37","slug":"verizon-att-delay-5g-rollout-around-some-airports-after-stark-warnings-from-us-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/verizon-att-delay-5g-rollout-around-some-airports-after-stark-warnings-from-us-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon, AT&T delay 5G rollout around some airports after stark warnings from US airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A showdown between the nation’s major airlines, the FAA and AT&T and Verizon appears to be cooling after both telecom giants agreed at the last minute to pause a portion of their 5G-C rollout on Wednesday.<\/p>

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“At our sole discretion we have voluntarily agreed to temporarily defer turning on a limited number of towers around certain airport runways as we continue to work with the aviation industry and the FAA to provide further information about our 5G deployment,” AT&T said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Verizon followed AT&T saying, “We have voluntarily decided to limit our 5G network around airports. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and our nation’s airlines have not been able to fully resolve navigating 5G around airports, despite it being safe and fully operational in more than 40 other countries.”<\/p>

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CEOs from American, United, Delta and seven other major carriers warned of “significant” disruptions in the country’s aviation system if the 5G rollout continued as planned.<\/p>

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Aviation officials are concerned that the frequency used for 5G may interfere with airplanes’ radio altimeters — devices used by pilots to measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground in order to land.<\/p>\n

In the letter, U.S. airline leaders wrote to government officials Monday asking that the wireless carriers not deploy 5G within two miles of runways at certain airports.<\/p>

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“This will allow 5G to be deployed while avoiding harmful impacts on the aviation industry, traveling public, supply chain, vaccine distribution, our workforce and broader economy,” the CEOs wrote.<\/p>\n

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The FAA warned pilots won’t be able to use radio altimeters to land at 88 airports closest to Verizon and AT&T’s 5G towers. Earlier this month, the FAA and wireless carriers agreed to implement “buffer zones” around 50 airports across the country to try to mitigate the issue.<\/p>

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Airline officials, however, said this is not enough. United Airlines said the current plan will have “devastating” impacts on its operation, impacting an estimated 1.25 million of the carrier’s passengers and at least 15,000 flights.<\/p>

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“We won’t compromise on safety \u2013 full stop,” United said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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