LightSquared, a company vying to build a nationwide 4G-LTE wireless network, is on track to have its proposal shot down by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after testing showed the network would interfere with existing GPS devices. The FCC on Tuesday revoked the conditional approval for the network given in January 2011. That revocation comes after an opinion by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which said that ?there is no practical way to mitigate the potential interference at this time? with GPS devices. ?Furthermore, while GPS equipment manufacturers may be able to mitigate these issues via new technology in the future the time and money required for federal, commercial and private sector users to replace technology in the fiend and the marketplace, on aircraft and in integrated national security systems cannot support the scheduled deployment of terrestrial services proposed by LightSquared,? NTIA?s opinion letter stated. The FCC will also issue a publi
US regulators pull plug on LightSquared
US telecom regulators have pulled the plug on an ambitious plan to build a high-speed wireless broadband network, citing potential interference with GPS navigation devices.
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