LightSquared’s plans for launching a faster wireless network have been hampered by new government tests that show the broadband network could interfere with GPS systems. The proposed wireless network, being developed by LightSquared, is supposed to be the fastest way yet to access a broadband network. Approved in January by the Federal Communications Commission, the network was intended to be a 4G network that could compete with the ever-growing marketplace of speedy networks launched by companies like AT&T and Verizon.
. . . that "4G is a bunch of really fast things that no one has". 4G is now a generic name all term that has no merit anymore.
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LightSquared Mucks Up GPS Signals, Flunks Network Test
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani June 13, 2011 10:10 AMLightSquared’s plans for launching a faster wireless network have been hampered by new government tests that show the broadband network could interfere with GPS systems. The proposed wireless network, being developed by LightSquared, is supposed to be the fastest way yet to access a broadband network. Approved in January by the Federal Communications Commission, the network was intended to be a 4G network that could compete with the ever-growing marketplace of speedy networks launched by companies like AT&T and Verizon.