Wednesday, February 15, 2012

LightSquared to Be Blocked by FCC Over GPS

According to Bloomberg the U.S. Federal Communications Commission vowed to block LightSquared Inc. after the Obama administration found the wireless venture backed by hedge-fund billionaire Philip Falcone would disrupt navigation gear.
Federal agencies determined that LightSquared’s signals interfere with global-positioning system devices, Tammy Sun, an FCC spokeswoman, said yesterday in an e-mailed statement. The FCC is preparing to withdraw the preliminary approval it granted last year for the company to build a high-speed network serving as many as 260 million people, Sun said.

Read more at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-14/lightsquared-conflict-with-gps-devices-can-t-be-fixed-u-s-regulator-says.html

No comments:

Post a Comment