C-band’s rollout has been affected by airplane equipment.
in February, FAA administrator Steve Dickson said that new safety standards for altimeters wouldn’t be in place until early 2023.
The FAA’s map of airports with 100 percent clearance and 81 percent clearance . Missing airports lack the necessary runway systems or aren’t in 5G deployment areas.The fact that the agency is now predicting that carriers and major airlines will largely be able to move forward by July 2023 does speak to the fact that companies and regulators have been working at an accelerated pace to fix the issue.
There are still a few questions up in the air: the FAA’s statement doesn’t make it clear who’s paying for equipment to be retrofitted onto the planes or which areas will be the first to get the C-band rollout. It is clear, however, that everyone’s working together to get this particular issue sorted out.
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