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'Governments, industry must work together to counter 5G disruptions'

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'Governments, industry must work together to counter 5G disruptions'

 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to work closely with the aviation industry to ensure that aviation and incumbent aviation safety systems can safely co-exist with new 5G services. IATA stated that while it recognises the economic importance of making spectrum available to support next-generation commercial wireless telecommunications, maintaining current levels of safety of passengers, flight crews, and aircraft must continue to be one of the governments' highest priorities.

The call came as the industry was meeting in Doha at the 78th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM). The 78th IATA AGM & World Air Transport Summit took place in Doha, Qatar from 19-21 June 2022, hosted by Qatar Airways. Around 1,000 aviation leaders from IATA member airlines, governments, industry stakeholders, and strategic partners among others attended the event. IATA represents around 290 airlines comprising 83% of global air traffic.


Willie Walsh, IATA's Director General, said, "We must not repeat the recent experience in the United States, where the rollout of C-band spectrum 5G services created enormous disruption to aviation, owing to the potential risk of interference with radio altimeters that are critical to aircraft landing and safety systems. In fact, many countries have successfully managed to facilitate the requirements of 5G service providers, while including necessary mitigations to preserve aviation safety and uninterrupted services. These include, for example, Brazil, Canada, France and Thailand."



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