Will 4G interfere with GPS?

The U.S. Departments of Defense, Transportation, Commerce and Homeland Security, as well as the civil GPS Industry Council – of which NBAA is a member – have filed objections with the FCC over a new satellite-enabled cellular broadband service from LightSquared, according to a report from Aviation International News. According to the numerous objections, the company’s two satellites will transmit in the L-Band spectrum, close enough to the GPS spectrum to cause “significant interference concerns” with GPS signals. Read the full report here.