NACA Applauds AT&T/Verizon 5G Deployment Mitigations
The National Air Carrier Association is pleased with Verizon and AT&T delaying aspects of deployment of their respective 5G wireless broadband networks in the C band (see 2111240062), Vice President-Government Affairs Chris Brown said in a statement late Wednesday. "We…
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look forward to continuing ongoing deliberations with the telecommunications industry, the White House [National Economic Council], FCC, and FAA on mitigations to ensure that new communications networks do not compromise aviation safety, specifically interference with radio altimeters on commercial and general aviation aircraft." Aerospace Industries Association Vice President-Civil Aviation David Silver in a statement said the organization "will be looking to our regulator to evaluate the operational environment that the telecoms are proposing. We look forward to working with the FAA and all other stakeholders to find a long-term solution that will protect the flying public by ensuring radio altimeters operate accurately while allowing 5G to roll out safely.” The Air Line Pilots Association emailed that it has been urging regulators and aviation and telecom industry stakeholders since May 2018 "to collaboratively work towards mitigations that will not jeopardize aviation safety and ensure that crucial safety devices such as radio altimeters are protected by any potential harmful interference from 5G. ALPA is confident that by working together we will be able to uphold our nation’s stellar aviation safety record while expanding 5G across the country.”