Explainer: why are AT&T and Verizon delaying 5G near US airports?
by Kari Paul and Carly Olson and agencies from on (#5V5EA)
Move follows letter from airline executives concerned about interference with plane instruments
The US phone carriers AT&T and Verizon agreed on Tuesday to temporarily defer turning on some wireless towers near key airport runways to mitigate a looming aviation crisis caused by new 5G technology.
Both AT&T and Verizon will launch new C-Band 5G wireless service on Wednesday but agreed to delay some deployment near airports that had threatened to result in numerous flight cancellations.
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