In early December, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg and AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh were bullish about the prospect of being able to launch in early January following a “short delay,” and that it would have no meaningful impact on their businesses. Fast forward almost a year, and both telcos voluntarily agreed in early December to postpone their C-band deployment for a month due to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerns that the use of these 5G bands could interfere with existing radio-based safety equipment, a delay which was subsequently extended to January 19. Verizon and AT&T play catch-up with T-Mobile Opportunity cost of further C-band delay too greatīack in February 2021, Verizon and AT&T paid $45.4 billion and $23.4 billion, respectively, for C-band spectrum for 5G use in the most expensive spectrum auction in history.
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