AT&T is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to exclude 5G from its required upgraded data mapping collection. "There is broad agreement that it is not yet time to require reporting on 5G coverage” AT&T said in a statement to the FCC.
AT&T and other mobile carriers want to hide 5G coverage maps from the public while subsequently marketing the pace and breadth of their 5G rollouts. “Service standards for 5G are still emerging, precluding reporting of service-level coverage for 5G networks (other than the 5G-NR submissions already required)," AT&T wrote.