WASHINGTON: US telecom giants AT&T and Verizon on Sunday sharply rebuffed a request from US authorities to again postpone their rollout of 5G networks to allow more study of possible interference with flight safety equipment.
The US introduction of the high-speed mobile broadband technology had been set for December 5, but was delayed to Wednesday after aerospace giants Airbus and Boeing raised concerns that the new system might interfere with the devices planes use to measure altitude.
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Steve Dickson, asked for the latest delay in a letter sent Friday…
