Danger for planes: USA postpones start of 5G service

have raised concerns about possible interference from 5G with sensitive aircraft electronics such as radio altimeters, which could disrupt flight operations. Verizon CEO, Hans Vestberg, told employees in an email on Tuesday that the company doesn’t see a safety issue in aviation with 5G, but notes, “We felt it was the right thing for the passengers was to give the FAA a little time to sort out their problems with the aviation community.”

No delay after January 19

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson AT&T and Verizon said in a letter Monday that authorities will not seek further delays in the rollout of 5G wireless services beyond Jan. 19 – as long as there are no “unforeseen problems with flight safety”. The agreement “will give us additional time and space to reduce the impact on commercial flights,” they wrote the US authorities “will not seek or request any further delays unless ‘unforeseen flight safety issues’ arise.”

Voluntary 5G Restricted Zones

AT&T and Verizon on Sunday agreed to 6 months of restricted zones to set up some airports to adopt the protection measures already put in place by France.

AT&T and Verizon have last year in a $80 billion auction bought almost the entire C-band spectrum. In total, Verizon paid $52.9 billion by more than 100 million to reach Americans. AT&T paid $23.4 billion. It was only in November that the two mobile phone providers initially agreed to start operating by