Biden hails 5G wireless deal averting aviation safety crisis


FILE PHOTO U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow Scotland Britain November 10 2021. REUTERSYves Herman

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden hailed a deal between wireless carriers and U.S. regulators that will allow the deployment of new 5G wireless in two weeks and averted an aviation safety crisis.

AT&T and Verizon Communications agreed late Monday to delay C-Band wireless spectrum deployment until Jan. 19 but won key assurances that they will be able to start service this month, according to a Transportation Department letter seen by Reuters.

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