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CNN 5 Things

Sunday Edition: When Will 5G Be Cleared for Takeoff?

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Major telecom companies are once again delaying the rollout of 5G technology near some airports across the country. We examine the aviation industry’s concerns amid a bureaucratic struggle playing out across multiple federal agencies. Guest: Pete Muntean, CNN Aviation Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.0

Hey there, welcome to the Sunday edition of CNN Five Things. I'm David Ryan.

0:36.4

Do me a favor and take a look at your phone. Up near the top where it shows how many

0:40.2

bars of service you're getting. You may see a number and a letter. For years that was 3G or 4G, but now more and more of us are starting to see 5G appear up there.

0:49.7

In theory, that increased bandwidth is great for us in our social media scrolling, but some in the aviation

0:55.2

industry say 5G, at least as it pertains to our nation's airports, has the possibility

1:00.4

to be disruptive or even dangerous.

1:02.8

This really came to a head over the past week so let's spend five minutes with

1:05.9

CNN's aviation correspondent Pete Montein to get caught up.

1:09.4

Pete, can we first take a step back because I think this could be confusing for some people.

1:13.6

What the heck is 5G?

1:16.0

5G is essentially faster cell service.

1:19.8

It is something that the telecom industry has been working on for a long time.

1:24.4

America's most reliable network is going Ultra, with Verizon 5G Ultra wideband now in many

1:29.5

more cities so you can do more.

1:31.6

And the promise is that this could lead to better and bigger things for everybody.

1:35.1

This could lead to self-driving cars.

1:37.4

This is a faster bandwidth when you're trying to download videos.

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