Pete Buttigieg and Steve Dickson are hoping to put the power of their offices – and the federal government – behind them.
Buttigieg, the Department of Transportation Secretary, and Dickson, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, have sent a joint letter directly to both AT&T and Verizon, asking the telecommunications companies to delay the implementation of their new 5G wireless services.
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The two government agencies have joined Airlines for America in asking for a postponement of the January 5 rollout, which they believe would cause disruptions to flights.
Airlines for America, the lobby group for virtually all U.S. airlines, made its appeal to the Federal Communications Commission.
The DOT and FAA went straight to the wireless carriers.
“We ask that your companies continue to pause introducing commercial C-Band…