Poor coordination blamed for 5G chaos

The recent disrupted launch of 5G wireless C-band services around the United States resulted in the cancellations of many airline flights, highlighting a disconnect between the government and big businesses about how to manage the implementation of the new standard.

"We have, in this case, two very different industries (airlines and telecommunications) that have different ways of looking at risk, and I think over the last couple of months, we understand each other much better than we did before," Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Steve Dickson was reported by The Wall Street Journal as saying on Jan 19.

But some experts say poor coordination and cooperation among federal agencies is as much to blame as any technical issues.