Monday, August 12th, 2013
Hedge fund Harbinger Capital, has filed suit in federal court against Deere & Co., Garmin Ltd., and Trimble Navigation Ltd. for failing to disclose problems with the companies’ GPS navigation systems that caused the Federal Communications Commission...
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
LightSquared, the startup that planned a nationwide wholesale mobile network only to be shot down by regulators because of GPS interference concerns, is declaring bankruptcy. The move came after lengthy negotiations with lenders and does not shut...
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
The firefight between LightSquared and the GPS community has sparked regulatory brush fires around Washington with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, a half dozen executive agencies, and numerous companies moving to address a new and likely...
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
In a Jan. 13 letter, the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee, which was asked to evaluate proposals for the network offered by LightSquared LTE, said, "Based upon this testing and analysis, there appear to...
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The argument raging over LightSquared's proposed LTE network and possible interference with GPS services is actually two arguments over two sets of frequencies, both of which the startup hopes eventually to use. One of the bands allocated to...
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
You've likely heard of the ongoing battle between next-generation wireless network start-up LightSquared and the GPS position community. The Federal Communication Commission green-lighted the technology, but ongoing testing shows that its signal is in conflict with GPS...
