Aviation Chaos Over 5G Wireless Rollout Exposes Feuds Brewing for Years
- ‘A total standoff’ as cultures clash between aviation, telecom
- Regulators, industry cast blame in years-long turmoil
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A long-simmering dispute over promising new wireless technology burst into public view in the past week and threatened to further disrupt U.S. air travel already hobbled by the new omicron Covid variant.
The fight over whether a new service for mobile phones would interfere with the electronics airline pilots need to land their planes pitted some of the nation’s most powerful corporations and industries against each other and reached the Oval Office before a truce was called earlier this week.