NTIA Kicks LightSquared While It's Down
LightSquared howls in protest Tuesday at NTIA's conclusions on network interference for the FCC
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tuesday that LightSquared 's proposed Long Term Evolution (LTE) network will interfere with GPS services. Reston, Va.-based LightSquared strongly protested the agency's conclusion late on Tuesday afternoon.
"NTIA relies on interference standards that have never been used in this context and were forced by the GPS community in order to reach the conclusions presented today," LightSquared said in a statement. "This, together with a severely flawed testing process that relied on obsolete and niche devices, shows that the FCC should take the NTIA's recommendation with a generous helping of salt," the company continued.
The NTIA had testing done on GPS receivers in regard to LightSquared's proposed network back in November. LightSquared has already decried those results as "flawed" because the tests used "obsolete" devices.
Why this matters
The FCC had been waiting on the NTIA recommendation. The judgment -- while not unexpected -- is another black mark against LightSquared's chances of ever launching its LTE network.
For more LightSquared's GPS saga has been extensively covered by Light Reading Mobile during the past year:
Sprint Gives LightSquared 'Til Mid-March
Public Sucked Into LightSquared Squabble
LightSquared's War of Words
LightSquared Calls GPS Tests 'Rigged'
Government Agencies Blast LightSquared
Sprint Gives LightSquared 30-Day Extension
2011 Top Ten: LightSquared in the Limelight
LightSquared Files GPS-Test Data
LightSquared to GPS Industry: Get Bent
NDAA Bill Would Let Military Block LightSquared
Sprint's $13.5B Jump to LTE With LightSquared
LightSquared Plans LTE Launch Next Year
LightSquared 'Confident' of FCC Approval in 2012
— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Light Reading Mobile
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