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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/6\/17\/23172731\/verizon-att-c-band-5g-rollout-faa-deal-airports-plan<\/a>
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The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, says it expects<\/a> AT&T and Verizon to be able to more or less fully roll out their 5G C-band networks by July 2023, after multiple delays<\/a> due to concerns about the radio waves affecting vital safety equipment on planes. The plan, which the FAA says is the result of collaboration between regulators, carriers, and the aviation industry, will allow carriers to turn on their equipment in \u201ccarefully considered phases\u201d as airlines work to retrofit their planes with equipment that will mitigate any potential interference from cellular signals.<\/p>\n

As AT&T and Verizon were turning on their next-gen networks in January, the FAA protested and the carriers agreed to create buffer zones<\/a> around dozens of airports in the US. The agreement was only meant to extend until July 2022. But at the time, it wasn\u2019t clear how the problem would be resolved by then. Now, the carriers have agreed to keep limiting their C-band in certain areas for another year.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a> to The Verge<\/em>, Verizon chief administrative officer Craig Silliman said:<\/p>\n

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Under this agreement reached with the FAA, we will lift the voluntary limitations on our 5G network deployment around airports in a staged approach over the coming months meaning even more consumers and businesses will benefit from the tremendous capabilities of 5G technology. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

AT&T spokesperson Alex Byers said:<\/p>\n

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Through close coordination with the FAA over the last several months, we have developed a more tailored approach to controlling signal strength around runways that allows us to activate more towers and increase signal strength. Though our FCC licenses allow us to fully deploy much-needed C-Band spectrum right now, we have chosen in good faith to implement these more tailored precautionary measures so that airlines have additional time to retrofit equipment. We appreciate the FAA\u2019s support of this approach, and we will continue to work with the aviation community as we move toward the expiration of all such voluntary measures by next summer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As a refresher, Verizon and AT&T\u2019s rollout of their new 5G spectrum, also known as C-band, turned into a complete mess<\/a> earlier this year after airlines and regulators warned that the signals could interfere with airplanes\u2019 radar altimeters<\/a>. The rollout wasn\u2019t (or shouldn\u2019t have been) a surprise to regulators \u2014 the industry had been gearing up for it<\/a> for months ahead of time, and the FAA had made multiple agreements<\/a> with carriers to delay it<\/a>. However, when the time came to switch on the networks, there was a scramble to change plans, and the carriers ended up begrudgingly agreeing to the buffer zones around airports.<\/p>\n

These changes weren\u2019t particularly great for carriers. Being able to use C-band is what lets carriers make 5G truly a step up from LTE in places where mmWave simply isn\u2019t practical (read: most places). That\u2019s why AT&T and Verizon spent billions of dollars obtaining the rights to use the spectrum and setting up the equipment. Thanks to the exclusion zones, though, customers living around airports haven\u2019t gotten to be a part of the otherwise impressive rollout<\/a>.<\/p>\n