WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AT&T and Verizon Communications’ top executives have rejected a request by US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to delay the planned introduction of the new 5G wireless service on Jan. 5 due to security concerns of aviation.
Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration head Steve Dickson had asked AT&T President John Stankey and Verizon President Hans Vestberg for a two-week delay in the commercial rollout of 5G.
The companies responded in a joint letter this Sunday (2) saying they will not deploy 5G at airports for six months, but have rejected any broader limitation on C-band spectrum usage.
AT&T and Verizon further said the Department of Transportation’s proposal would be “an irresponsible abdication of the operational control necessary to deploy world-class, globally competitive communications networks.”
(Reporting by David Shepardson)
Reference: CNN Brasil
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