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Developments in the LightSquared saga came fast and furious in June; highlights are listed below and briefly recapped in the adjacent news story. It will be dated by the time you receive this issue, ...
But LightSquared's L Band frequencies will also broadcast close to the Global Positioning System (GPS) bands, and the agency's authorization has provoked considerable concern, even alarm, among ...
LightSquared is furious over a news report suggesting that, in various trials, the satellite broadband company's proposed transmission system bumps into GPS devices around 75 percent of the time.
A group of GPS vendors and users has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to permanently block LightSquared from using the upper band of its licensed radio spectrum for a cellular data ...
One of the bands allocated to LightSquared, called the “upper band,” sits right next to spectrum set aside exclusively for GPS (Global Positioning System). Its “lower” band is farther from ...
The startup LightSquared, which is building a nationwide 4G LTE network, says that it has found a way to ensure that its service doesn't interfere with high-precision GPS gear.
The Starlink receivers need positioning and precise timing information to function, and currently the best way to get that information is to use a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) such as … ...
The report says use of radio frequency bands — as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission in its 2020 order — by Ligado Networks, a private satellite communications company, will not cause ...