Another government venue, another condemnation of LightSquared’s planned 4G LTE network. U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that if LightSquared were to be deployed, the Federal Aviation Administration would have to constantly monitor some 40,000 broadcasting sites to make sure they did not affect air safety. The FCC has spent about $8 billion on its Next Generation air traffic control system, which is to be satellite-based, he also noted.
Early in this saga reports stated that, prior to Lightsqared's presence, GPS had expanded and was bleeding into Lightsquared bandwidth "for greater accuracy." I've seen no official statements that Lightsqaured's network is actually bleeding into GPS approved bandwidth, only that Lightsqaured is "interfering" and "impacting" the GPS network. What is the truth about that?
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The Curious Case of LightSquared vs. GPS
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 10, 2012 10:38 AMAnother government venue, another condemnation of LightSquared’s planned 4G LTE network. U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that if LightSquared were to be deployed, the Federal Aviation Administration would have to constantly monitor some 40,000 broadcasting sites to make sure they did not affect air safety. The FCC has spent about $8 billion on its Next Generation air traffic control system, which is to be satellite-based, he also noted.