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Happy Valentine's Day: US government breaks up with LightSquared
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said today that it will not approve LightSquared's proposal to build a national 4G-LTE network, after testing showed that the network would interfere with most existing GPS devices. The decision came swiftly after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today warned the FCC that "LightSquared's proposed mobile broadband network will impact GPS services and that there is no practical way to mitigate the… (arstechnica.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
bout time. if there hadn't been such political favoritism, it wouldn't have gotten this far in the first place.
No kidding! This should have been DOA.
It is nice to see our goverment do the right thing for a change. And to a rich, politically connectd organization, to boot. However, with $3B invested I can assure you that this is far from over. After all this is America where if you can't get what you want, than send in the lawyers. I hope they spend another billion on lawyers and loose that too. This whole thing was a scam from the start. They paid dirt for the spectrum and never had any intention of using it for a satellite based system. They tried to beat the system and lost. Too bad.
It's about time.
Come on guys. I expect more from you. Barack Obama is in full campaign mode right now. Every move from now until November is designed to get him re-elected. Sure this idea is unpopular but Lightsquared has given a LOT of money to Obama. Do you really think they are just going to accept this decision? They will double down and hope Barry gets re-elect. If that happens airline safety will be sacrificed just like the second amendment will be.
I hope this kills LightSquared, but I'll bet they will still try pull more political strings as well work the media!