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French Airports May Offer Ideas to Fix the 5G Mess

As aviation struggles with wireless companies over 5G, here’s how other countries handle it.

Thom Patterson

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 03:39 PM ET

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France requires more robust restrictions on 5G infrastructure near airports. [Photo: FLYING]

Key Takeaways:

The messy struggle between the U.S. aviation industry and wireless giants AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) on how to deploy 5G cellphone service on newly available frequencies continues to create fallout and questions.

Some of the questions surround AT&T’s contention that other countries have safely deployed 5G wireless service around airports without disrupting aviation.

Thom Patterson

Thom is a former senior editor for FLYING. Previously, his freelance reporting appeared in aviation industry magazines. Thom also spent three decades as a TV and digital journalist at CNN’s bureaus in Washington and Atlanta, eventually specializing in aviation. He has reported from air shows in Oshkosh, Farnborough and Paris. Follow Thom on Twitter @thompatterson.