Verizon bags $2 billion FAA deal
US operator Verizon has secured a lucrative deal to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s networks.
US operator Verizon has secured a lucrative deal to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s networks.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given airlines until February 2024 to fix altimeters that may clash with C-band 5G spectrum.
US operators AT&T and Verizon have agreed to hold off deploying 5G around airports in the US until July 2023, until airlines are able to install upgrades to radio altimeters.
A letter from US flight regulator the Federal Aviation Administration asked airlines to ‘move quickly to address risks from a 5G wireless rollout,’ according to an exclusive from Reuters.
The failure of US aviation authorities to get their act together has ensured their battle of wills with the country’s biggest mobile operators carried over into 2022.
The US Government Accountability Office has concluded that in-flight wifi runs the risk of increasing cyber-security threats against airlines, aircraft and air-traffic control information systems.