LightSquared Now Asking FCC Impose Tighter GPS Standards To Get 4G LTE Network Off The Ground

LightSquared has been fighting what seems like an uphill battle from start to get their budding 4G LTE network off the ground. Their biggest hurdle. Getting the darn thing to stop interfering with government protected GPS bands. While, in the beginning, LightSquared was trying to convince the FCC that there was no interference (this was one of the terms required to get their network to gain approval), now the company is back peddling, issuing a statement calling out the FCC to change the way GPS receivers operate because, you know — although there's no interference, if there was, it's because of poorly designed GPS equipment.

Android Phone, LightSquared Now Asking FCC Impose Tighter GPS Standards To Get 4G LTE Network Off The Ground