The Federal Communications Commission is prioritizing development of 5G wireless technology over potential negative impacts on weather data, scientists say. For months, the FCC, supporting the interests of advancing 5G wireless technology, has sparred with NOAA and NASA, which have fought to protect the wireless radio frequencies or “spectrum” along and adjacent to frequencies weather data is passed. [Critical weather data threatened by FCC ‘spectrum’ proposal, Commerce Dept. and NASA say]Last week, the agencies reached an impasse when the FCC rejected a NOAA and NASA requests for further deliberation on spectrum policy. “There is great concern that the FCC’s noise threshold will allow interference with weather and climate assets,” the letter said.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 22:42 UTC