ISED imposes 5G exclusion zones around 9 more airports

OTTAWA – Innovation Canada said last week it will create exclusion zones around nine more airports preventing 5G wireless signals from interfering with aircraft. The request was made by Transport Canada, which was concerned about the impact of the wireless signals from the 3500 MHz and 3800 MHz spectrum bands – key midband spectrum used for 5G. The additional airports are Victoria, Kelowna, and Comox in British Columbia; Whitehorse in Northwest Territories; North Bay in Ontario; Sydney in Nova Scotia; and Deer Lake, Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Stephenville in Newfoundland and Labrador. That brings the total number of airports with...