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Executives from the largest U.S. airlines asked the Biden administration for "immediate intervention" in the planned rollout of 5G technology near major airports on Wednesday, warning of dire consequences for transportation and the economy.
Aija Leiponen
Professor of Economics
Aija Leiponen, professor at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business and an expert in telecom industries, says it’s time for the U.S. aviation industry to show their technical evidence about 5G interference, because in many other countries where it’s been launched there have been no detectable issues.
Leiponen says:
“There is an ongoing dispute between the U.S. airline industry and the wireless telecom providers about the safety implications of 5G deployment near airports. It is not clear on what evidence the U.S. aviation industry is basing its concerns and warnings about the potential impact of 5G on radar and altimeter technologies.
“The new 5G radio technology has already been launched in many other countries without any reports of incidents. For example, European aviation authorities are not concerned about said risks, even though the continent is dense with both air traffic and 5G communications. Technical experts of the UK government telecom agency have reported that their testing suggests no interference from 5G.
“It seems high time for the U.S. aviation industry to show their technical evidence about interference since no other authorities or industry bodies appear to have been able to detect any.”
