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The Telecom Digest for February 11, 2012
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LightSquared gets desperate, seeks regulatory changes (Bill Horne)

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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:03:55 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: LightSquared gets desperate, seeks regulatory changes 
Message-ID: <jh448b$dbd$1@dont-email.me>

LightSquared gets desperate, seeks regulatory changes to satisfy GPS debacle

By Zachary Lutz  posted Feb 7th 2012 9:46PM

If we were the betting type -- and hell, some of us really are -- we'd 
wager a crisp ten spot that LightSquared isn't going to assuage the 
FCC's concerns over those pesky GPS interference issues in the next few 
weeks. After previously stating that the interference test reports were 
rigged by GPS insiders, the upstart LTE network is now getting political 
with its argument and is calling on the FCC to institute new standards 
for GPS equipment. LightSquared contends that current GPS devices on the 
market are poorly designed and purposefully encroach on the company's 
licensed spectrum. Of course, this change would do little to remedy the 
millions of interference prone / (causing?) devices on the market, but 
LightSquared notes that, by the FCC's own admission, GPS receivers must 
"reasonably discriminate against the reception of signals outside their 
allocated spectrum." With the company's latest argument flying high atop 
the flagpole, it begs the question, will anybody salute?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/07/lightsquared-seeks-regulatory-changes-to-satisfy-gps-interference/

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