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.”
LightSquared threatens legal action
Janice Wood
Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.
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