The 5G Network can interfere with sensitive aircraft electronics like radio altimeters that could disrupt flights, the U.S. aviation industry and FAA have said. Their concerns have made the United States Government to ask telecom companies to delay the deployment of the ultra-fast wireless network, scheduled for 5 January 2022. The wireless companies in a joint letter on Sunday said they would not deploy 5G around airports for six months. U.S. aviation safety standards will guide our next actions.”FAA officials said France uses spectrum for 5G that sits further away from spectrum used for radio altimeters and uses lower power levels for 5G than those authorized in the United States. Government and industry officials said the exclusion zones proposed by the wireless carriers is not as large as what has been sought by the FAA.

Source: Ethiopian News January 03, 2022 13:07 UTC