AT&T and Verizon have rebuffed a request from federal transportation officials to delay the launch of new 5G wireless services
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. rebuffed a request from federal transportation officials tobut offered a counterproposal that would allow limited deployments to move forward this week.
The cellphone carriers said Sunday in a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal that they could further dim the power of their new 5G service for six months to match limits imposed by regulators in France, giving U.S. authorities more time to study more powerful signals’ effect on air traffic. The plan from the companies, which have said they plan to start service Wednesday, could prolong a standoff between the telecom and aviation industries over how to proceed.
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