FCC Darkens Lightsquared over GPS QRM

[W3WN]

Multiple news reports today indicated that the FCC is banning the LightSquared wireless broadband system due to interference concerns with GPS. This as a follow up to earlier rulings by the NTIA that this interference was not acceptable to government users (including the military) and that there was no way for LightSquared to mitigate this with the system they propose.

What I really like is how the LightSquared people blame the interference on technological issues with GPS. Right. Even though the waiver included a condition that LightSquared can NOT cause any "harmful inteference" with GPS & other users of the "nearby" spectrum, and that LightSquared has acknowledged that there can be "potential interference issues."

And, of course, LightSquared is threatening to sue the FCC. Beautiful.

Multiple links including:

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/15/tech..._gps/index.htm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-573...-interference/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72909.html
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/14/f...uared-lte-bid/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...266276288.html
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2991...ork-sprint.htm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfi...-gps-concerns/
http://patdollard.com/2012/02/lights...militarys-gps/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...ator-says.html
http://gigaom.com/broadband/fcc-puts...eds-lte-plans/
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/L...is-Dead-118383

Also background info on the waiver itself:
http://www.pnt.gov/interference/lightsquared/

And, a YouTube video about how LightSquared is being picked on by the FCC, and how it's Affecting the Future of America (Riiiight): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKWJbXr1cOY