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GARMIN SEES GPS THREAT FROM LIGADO APPROVAL VOTE – AOPA

May 21, 2020

Garmin International, a leading navigation technology company, wrote to the FCC on May 15 “to supplement and correct the record regarding several faulty assertions” it said the FCC included in its order in the Ligado case. Garmin reiterated its “ongoing concern” that GPS-based devices could experience interference from the proposed “internet of things” network that would operate on the L-band spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies.

In the letter signed by three software and engineering officials, Garmin said the FCC’s order “relies heavily” on “co-existence agreements” between Ligado Networks and GPS manufacturers.

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