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Regulations and Government

GPS Coalition: LightSquared Misusing Spectrum

After LightSquared made statements that it has a “legal right” to build a network of terrestrial 4G broadband transmitters in the U.S.
Regulations and Government

LightSquared Threatens To Sue

Clearly impatient with the way the company’s plan for its 4G broadband network is becoming further delayed by opposition from the GPS user community
Avionics

Javad GPS May Save LightSquared's Bacon

Can GPS and LightSquared coexist? Within the civil and military GPS community, the answer has been emphatically and unequivocally
ATC

FAA Gives LightSquared More Testing Time, on Its Alternate Frequency

To the puzzlement of the GPS community and independent radio propagation experts, the FCC ruled on September 13 that LightSquared should conduct further te
Regulations and Government

LightSquared, FCC Receive Congressional Scrutiny

Congressional opponents of LightSquared’s 4G broadband plan all
Regulations and Government

OMB Attempts To Alter DOD’s LightSquared Briefing

A confidential briefing on the LightSquared/GPS situation presented by Gen.
Avionics

FCC Kicks LightSquared Can Down the Road

On Tuesday, the FCC approved LightSquared’s fallback plan
Regulations and Government

LightSquared: GPS Interference Is Manufacturers’ Fault

The GPS industry’s failure to comply with the Department of Defense’s receiver filtering standards is the root cause of potential interference issues invol
Regulations and Government

Leaked FAA Report Slams LightSquared

“The effects of LightSquared deployment would be far-reaching and potentially devastating to aviation,” the FAA wrote to the President’s Space-Based Positi
ATC

Why has LightSquared’s plan meeting such resistance from industry?

Low-powered incoming GPS signals are allocated 1559-1610 MHz in the L-Band radio spectrum.
ATC

LightSquared squabble raises questions about political games

The current GPS/LightSquared frequency battle could be described as Washington’s most recent electro-political struggle. At least two years before Presiden
Regulations and Government

LightSquared Launches DC PR Assault

LightSquared is running an advertising campaign in Washington, D.C., that includes prominent multiple advertisements along the platforms of downtown stati
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Regulations and Government

LightSquared Attempts To Bypass the FCC

Possibly recognizing that the July 1 final report on GPS testing showed that interference was worse than predicted, LightSquared lawyers are now bypassing
ATC

GPS users continue to fight proposed LightSquared network

The ongoing controversy about whether LightSquared’s proposed network of 40,000 powerful ground-based stations transmitting high-speed Internet across the
Avionics

The Dark Side of NextGen

The FAA’s March 2011 NextGen implementation plan is certainly a finely drawn view of what we should expect to see by 2018.

LightSquared Strikes Back

Following extensive reports of GPS interference, LightSquared
Regulations and Government

LightSquared Vacates Frequency Nearest to GPS

Since early reports indicate that LightSquared’s transmitters do, in fact, interfere with GPS signals, LightSquared yesterday announced that it would vacat
ATC

Crunch Time for LightSquared Tomorrow? Not Really

In accordance with the Federal Communication Commission’s January ruling, LightSquared must, in its June 15 final report on GPS compatibility tests, show t
Regulations and Government

LightSquared Controversy Catches Congress’s Attention

The controversy over potential interference to GPS from LightSquared’s planned nationwide network of powerful 4G broadband retransmitting stations has now

Lower-powered LightSquared Signals Skew Test Results

LightSquared documents submitted to the FCC last week reveal that its transmitters were transmitting at only half power during the tests recently conducted

Rep Raps LightSquared, FAA To Begin Interference Tests

The confrontation between LightSquared and the U.S.
Regulations and Government

Squabble Grows over LightSquared’s Potential GPS Threat

The controversy over LightSquared’s plan to operate 40,000 hi
ATC

Experts debate NAS-wide GPS jamming threat

by Andrew Wood At press time, the first of three monthly reports of the technical arguments between experts from LightSquared and the GPS com
ATC

GPS Community Draws Line in Sand Against LightSquared

A panel of experts, selected jointly by the GPS Industry Council and LightSquared Corp., is currently determining whether
Regulations and Government

Panel To Study GPS Interference from LightSquared

Over the next three months, a panel of 14 experts will test and analyze whether LightSquared's proposal to transmit Internet data from a nationwide network
ATC

Satellite Internet plan could threaten GPS

Small, inexpensive GPS jammers carried by truckers have caused the occasional shutdown of the Laas test installation at Newark Airport.
ATC

Be Your Own Dispatcher

Garmin has introduced its GTU-10, a personal GPS-based tracking system that allows owners to instantly check via the Internet the location of children, pet
ATC

DOT IG Notes Technical Problems in FAA NextGen Programs

Last week, Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) Calvin Scovel III, along with an MIT representative and an FAA vice president, gave separate

Garmin: LightSquared Could Seriously Affect GPS

Garmin reports that LightSquared’s proposed nationwide broadband Internet service could seriously interfere with GPS signals.