The U.S. government failed this week to avoid a collision between U.S. telecom companies and airlines over the rollout of new 5G cellular networks.
companies and their regulators say the rush to reach 5G development goals threatens the safety and reliability of a global economy reliant on air travel.
Robert Bryan, chief pilot at Eagle Aviation, pointing to an altimeter reading while discussing how new 5G wireless services might affect sensitive aircraft electronics, at Columbia Metro airport in West Columbia, S.C. Photo: Sam Wolfe/Reuters From left, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly and United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby at a Senate committee hearing on the airline industry last month in Washington. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Associated Press
Aviation officials sought to delay an FCC auction of C-band spectrum licenses, which started in late 2020. A letter signed by Mr. Dickson and then-Transportation Department general counsel Steven Bradbury to the NTIA warned of possible interference with radar altimeters in aircraft. Brendan Carr, left, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, testifying at a 2020 Senate committee hearing in Washington. Steve Dickson, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, during a Senate committee hearing in November.Photos: ZUMA press; Bloomberg News
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Republican, said the Biden administration should have more forcefully backed the FCC over FAA objections that he called unfounded. "It was the job of the White House to say, ‘No, this process has been run, we’re siding with the science,’ " he said. In the past two weeks, the FAA grew more concerned about related systems in many planes that rely on data from altimeters, according to people familiar with the issue. The agency also received shifting data on the number of cell towers that would operate near airports. FAA officials weren’t sure the signal buffer zones would be large enough to prevent potential interference, according to people familiar with the matter.
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