Federal body concludes LightSquared can't work with GPS [telecom]

A committee overseeing GPS said interference can't be fixed in months or years and called for an end to testing

By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service

*January 13, 2012, 6:42 PM* -- A key federal agency involved in testing the proposed LightSquared LTE network has concluded that there is no practical way to solve interference between that network and GPS, possibly dealing a crippling blow to the startup carrier's hopes for a terrestrial mobile network.

In a memo released late Friday, the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee (PNT ExComm) said the nine federal agencies that make up the body had concluded unanimously that none of LightSquared's proposals would overcome significant interference with GPS (Global Positioning System).

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