Aviation industry stakeholders and telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon have developed a plan to allow the firms to improve service around some airports while also protecting commercial aircraft from radio frequency interference associated with expanded use of the 5G C-band frequencies for telecommunications.
A previous agreement, negotiated in January, called for the telecommunications firms to limit the deployment of additional frequencies for their wireless networks around some airports until July 5. The new agreement calls for them to continue voluntary mitigations for another year, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
“[O]ur goal when we began these meetings … was to make July 5, 2022, just another date on the calendar, and this plan makes that possible,” Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen said Friday. “We believe we have identified a path that will continue to enable aviation and 5G C-band wireless to safely coexist.”
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