Yes Plan B

I saw that on the ABC News

Telecoms companies AT&T and Verizon have delayed turning on new mobile phone towers around runways at some US airports in response to airlines warning of an impending aviation "crisis" that could disrupt flights and strand thousands of passengers every day.

For months now, US airlines and the aviation regulator have been negotiating with the telecoms industry and the communication regulator about the rollout of the 5G mobile communications network around US airports.

The 5G service occupies a band of the electrometric spectrum adjacent to the one used by sensitive airplane instruments, and could interfere with their proper function.

Delayed twice already, the new network was scheduled to go live on Wednesday (local time).

But following a last-minute appeal from US airline chiefs, telecoms companies have agreed to further delays in some areas.

With all this alarm in the US, you may be wondering how 5G is going to affect Australian airports and air travel.

The good news is that, according to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), 5G is not an issue for Australian airports.

So how much disruption should we expect? What's the risk to aircraft? And why isn't it an issue here?

With all this alarm in the US, you may be wondering how 5G is going to affect Australian airports and air travel.

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The 5G conspiracy theory rubbish has nothing to do with this.

What this appears to be about is that authorities have sold off radio spectrum for 5G mobile systems that is too close to the spectrum used by aeronautical radar.  There could be some interference.  As far as I can recall this sort of thing has happened before here in Oz and was sorted, so we can expect that this one will be as well.

Not worth banner headlines just to scare people who have no idea what it all means.