AT&T, Verizon CEOs reject FAA request to delay 5G expansions scheduled to start January 5th
Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge In an ongoing battle pitting the FAA and airlines against the FCC, Verizon, and AT&T over their planned launch of mid-band 5G service, the mobile carriers are declining a request by the FAA for a two-week delay.
Earlier this year, an FCC auction sold the two carriers rights to use so-called C-band" frequencies at a price of nearly $70 billion. Verizon and AT&T are eager to roll it out so that in addition to offering ultra-fast 5G connectivity in specific areas using high-band millimeter-wave technology and much slower 5G over low-band frequencies, the new spectrum will provide in-between performance over much wider areas. T-Mobile currently uses mid-band spectrum that isn't in the C-band.
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