LightSquared to FCC: it's our spectrum, interference is GPS industry's problem [telecom]

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by Matthew Lasar (Ars Technica)

Embattled wholesale satellite broadband contender LightSquared has taken off the gloves. The company has asked the Federal Communications Commission for a "declaratory ruling" confirming its right to use spectrum licensed to the company by the FCC. Not only that, but LightSquared wants the Commission to confirm that GPS makers - who have been complaining of interference risks for months - lack any legal basis to ask for interference protections.