Telecom Giants Refuse, Then Agree To Delay 5G Services

Technician installs a 5G transmitter antenna.
Credit: AT&T
Update: At about 9 p.m. ET on Jan. 3 after this article was published, AT&T and Verizon announced that they had agreed to a request by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to pause their 5G C-band network deployments for an additional two weeks beyond Jan. 5. Telecommunications giants AT&T...
Bill Carey

Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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