The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee this week said that none of the proposals submitted by LightSquared will work with existing GPS systems. In a letter to the Commerce Department:
Based upon this testing and analysis, there appear to be no practical solutions or mitigations that would permit the LightSquared broadband service, as proposed, to operate in the next few months or years without significantly interfering with GPS. As a result, no additional testing is warranted at this time.
The outcome was reached after two rounds of testing during the last year by the FAA. This agency issuing the statement does not have the legal authority to prevent LightSquared from operating. That decision would have to come from the FCC.
LightSquared responded to the letter, saying the test results were rigged by the GPS industry. LightSquared says the tests were conducted in secret, with out-dated GPS devices, and with an obsolete definition of “harmful interference”. LightSquared now demands the FCC and NTIA conduct their own tests to validate their testing results.
Source: ComputerWorld via Android Central and Phonescoop
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