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Jun 12, 2020
A trio of House Armed Services Committee members are asking for an inspector general-run investigation into a company that tested whether Ligado Networks’ potential use of a radio frequency will interfere with GPS. The lawmakers want to know if consulting company Roberson and Associates, which submitted its finding to the Federal Communications Commission, has a conflict of interest in the matter.
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May 22, 2020
Satellite operator Iridium and manufacturer Lockheed Martin have joined several private industry groups in signing a petition asking the FCC to reconsider its recent order to allow Ligado Networks to rezone and resell its L-band satellite spectrum holdings for 5G terrestrial use.
MAY 22, 2020
A group of U.S. agencies on Friday asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its unanimous April 22 decision to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a low-power nationwide mobile broadband network, saying it could pose a threat to global positioning systems (GPS).
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May 21, 2020
Airline companies and other GPS interests are filing seven separate petitions to the FCC Thursday (May 21) to rethink its decision to allow Ligado to launch a terrestrial broadband network using L-band satellite spectrum adjacent to GPS spectrum.
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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.
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May 21, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
At Least Seven Separate Petitions Will Call on FCC to Reverse Ligado Order
Dozens of parties will cite evidence of harmful interference and vast economic harm that FCC ignored in favor of dubious 5G marketing claims
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MAY 15, 2020
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 32 U.S. senators on Friday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider a decision to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a low-power nationwide mobile broadband network, saying it could pose severe risks to global positioning systems crucial to military operations.
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May 13, 2020
As the Department of Defense and its allies attempt to stop Ligado from moving forward with plans the Pentagon says will harm the Global Positioning System, consensus is growing around the idea of an independent review of the testing the Department had completed for interference.
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May 8, 2020
GPS is facing a major interference threat from a 5G network approved by the Federal Communications Commission, US military officials told Congress in a hearing on Wednesday.
May 6, 2020
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials on Wednesday slammed a recent Federal Communications Commission decision to allow Ligado to deploy a nationwide mobile broadband network, saying it may disrupt GPS signals crucial to military operations.
