Verizon and AT&T Agree to Delay 5G Rollout After Previously Rejecting Regulators’ Request

Verizon and AT&T Agree to Delay 5G Rollout After Previously Rejecting Regulators’ Request
Cellphone users stand beside a Verizon 5G display at the 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as E3, in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 2019. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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Verizon and AT&T said on Monday that they have voluntarily agreed to further delay the rollout of their next-generation 5G wireless technology at the request of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

The agreement comes after both companies on Sunday rejected a request by the government to delay rolling out their 5G services but instead offered to expand so-called “exclusion zones” for six months.
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