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Legal, Financial and Technical Minefield Threatens LightSquared’s Grand Plans

LightSquared is coming under pressure from several separate directions.

Opponents of LightSquared's proposed terrestrial broadband network contend that the system interferes with GPS signals and will require GPS manufacturers and users to shoulder the burden for avoiding interference.

By John Sheridan

December 3, 2011

LightSquared is coming under pressure from several separate directions, as opponents to its plans provide more specific support to their positions on legal, financial and technical issues. And in the background, a telecom industry heavyweight with whom LightSquared hopes to form an alliance wants clarity by year-end. Furthermore, an industry financial analyst has cast doubt on LightSquared’s appeal as an investment should it be unable to use its near-GPS upper L-band frequency after its disastrous GPS interference tests earlier this year, while the Coalition To Save Our GPS is calling on LightSquared to permanently abandon its upper band frequency.

LightSquared has contended that it has legal rights to the radio spectrum it intends to use. AIN asked the Coalition to Save Our GPS “What exactly are [LightSquared’s] present ‘legal rights’?” The coalition addressed that question and discussed the financial and technical issues LightSquared faces.

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