Telecom Agrees to Delay 5G Amidst Aviation Safety Standoff
U.S. President Joe Biden said his administration was committed “to rapid 5G deployment while minimizing disruptions to air operations and continuing to maintain the world’s safest airspace” after an agreement by Verizon and AT&T to delay 5G deployment after appeals by government officials and major aviation associations.
Verizon Communications and AT&T Inc said late on Monday they had agreed to a two-week delay in deploying C-Band wireless spectrum, averting an aviation safety standoff that threatened to disrupt flights starting this week.
Initially, AT&T and Verizon Communications dismissed appeals by the US aviation authority to delay the introduction of 5G networks amid concerns the 5G network could interfere with aircraft electronics. They dismissed US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson calls for a halt to the 5G rollout, as it 5G would be “an irresponsible abdication of the operating control required to deploy world-class and globally competitive communications networks.”
Even the Aerospace Industries Association, International Air Transport Association, Regional Airline Association and others released a statement that, “Starting Wednesday, the disruptions to our country’s aviation system are going to be incredibly challenging, especially at a time when the industry is currently experiencing COVID-related operational issues. ”
On January 3, 2021 Verizon Communications and AT&T Inc said they had agreed to a two-week delay in deploying C-Band wireless spectrum, averting the aviation safety standoff that threatened to disrupt flights.
- January 2, 2021 Letter from Verizon to The Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation and Stephen Dickson, Administrator Federal Aviation Administration
- January 4, 2021 Statement by President Joe Biden on 5G Deployment Agreement
- Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-outlines-deal-with-att-verizon-over-5g-delay-letter-2022-01-04/
5G Networks Could Pose a ‘Major Risk’ to Airplane Radar and Weather Prediction
In November 2020 a white paper by the RTCA, a private-public aviation partnership that advises the Federal Aviation Administration, warns that 5G technologies could pose a “major risk…of harmful interference” to radar on business jets and other civilian aircraft.
If 5G telecommunications systems are permitted to use that frequency band, said the report, “the risk is widespread and has the potential for broad impacts to aviation operations in the US, including the possibility of catastrophic failures leading to multiple fatalities, in the absence of appropriate mitigations.” Read more at 5G Networks Could Pose a ‘Major Risk’ to Your Airplane’s Radar
In 2019, US Senators sent a letter urging the FCC to adopt an emission limit recommended by NOAA and NASA citing an internal Navy report that stated the 5G frequencies would probably degrade Naval weather and ocean models, resulting in increased risk in Safety of Flight and Safety of Navigation, and degraded Battlespace Awareness for tactical / operational advantage. In November 2019, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper urged the FCC to restrict the 5G spectrum citing impacts to “national security, civil service, and the economic benefit of the nation” due to the potential for widespread disruption to GPS services.
5G will increase ambient levels of wireless radiofrequency radiation. Peer-reviewed research has demonstrated a myriad of adverse effects from wireless radiofrequency radiation including increased brain cancer, DNA damage, oxidative stress, immune dysfunction, altered brain development, damaged reproduction, sleep changes, hyperactivity, and memory damage. (RESEARCH HERE)
Thousands of doctors and scientists are calling to halt 5G because of the increase in radiofrequency radiation- a new kind of environmental pollution. (DOCTORS & SCIENTISTS HERE, Read and download letter from Dr. Davis on the health and environmental effects of 5G)
