Delta, American Airlines, FedEx aren’t happy about the January 19 5G C-Band rollout.
Verizon and AT&T’s $70 billion 5G C-Band investment is once again facing major pushback, but this time from the airlines and supply-chain companies. After agreeing to multiple delays in the rollout of the mid-band 5G spectrum, which could bring faster and more reliable 5G to millions of Verizon and AT&T customers, the carriers now face fresh, dramatic concerns from Delta, JetBlue, United, Southwest Airlines, and FedEx (along with others). In a letter sent to the White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and obtained by Reuters, the airline CEOs warned that in inclement weather, the rollout of 5G C-Band could lead to “more than 1,100 flights and 100,000 passengers would be subjected to cancellations, diversions or delays.
