Start-up wireless carrier LightSquared threatened litigation if the Federal Communications Commission does not clear it to operate a network of up to 40,000 cell towers the GPS industry claims will interfere with GPS receivers. According to a story at Government Executive, Jeff Carlisle, LightSquared’s vice president of regulatory affairs and public policy, told reporters at a briefing Monday that any interference with GPS is because “GPS manufacturers have ignored standards developed by the Defense Department to block reception of transmissions from adjacent bands.”
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I would be very interested in hearing the avionics industry’s response to this statement. To expand this a little, are all the marine and recreational GPS units out there also going to be compromised if Light Squared is correct?Â