Tests conducted by the U.S. Air Force Space Command found that LightSquared’s 4G wireless service does indeed interfere with GPS devices, as some critics have claimed.
However, the company’s executives have refused to accept the test results, calling them bogus. The process used to test GPS devices on behalf of the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee, or PNT EXCOM, was rigged by manufacturers of GPS receivers and the government, LightSquared asserted. PNT EXCOM advises U.S. government agencies on GPS matters.
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LightSquared Cries Foul over GPS Testing
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 19, 2012 09:42 AMTests conducted by the U.S. Air Force Space Command found that LightSquared’s 4G wireless service does indeed interfere with GPS devices, as some critics have claimed.
However, the company’s executives have refused to accept the test results, calling them bogus. The process used to test GPS devices on behalf of the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee, or PNT EXCOM, was rigged by manufacturers of GPS receivers and the government, LightSquared asserted. PNT EXCOM advises U.S. government agencies on GPS matters.