Tag: FCC

  • LightSquared Lets Loose Lowly Yowl of Government Bias, Collusion, and Conspiracy Theories

    LightSquared Lets Loose Lowly Yowl of Government Bias, Collusion, and Conspiracy Theories

    LightSquared Lets Loose Lowly Yowl of Government Bias, Collusion, and Conspiracy Theories Today, LightSquared latest a press release, Government Committee’s Refusal to Continue Testing Highlights Systemic Pattern of Bias and Collusion, decries its perceived treatment by the Federal Government, particularly by the National Executive Committee (EXCOM) and Advisory Board for the Space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT).…

  • More Bad News for LightSquared From Sprint and President Obama

    More Bad News for LightSquared From Sprint and President Obama

    The Bad, The Ugly and The LightScrewed News from around the web today was not good for LightSquared. Earlier this week, I wrote Sprint Grants LightSquared 30 More Days for FCC Approval, Has Another Wheel Fallen Off LightSquared’s Wagon?, and today it seems that possibly the Lightsquared wagon’s axle is now broken too. The bad news…

  • Sprint Grants LightSquared 30 More Days for FCC Approval, Has Another Wheel Fallen Off LightSquared’s Wagon?

    Sprint Grants LightSquared 30 More Days for FCC Approval, Has Another Wheel Fallen Off LightSquared’s Wagon?

    Has Another Wheel Fallen Off LightSquared’s Wagon? Today, The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint, who last year had signed a 15-year agreement with LightSquared to help that company build its proposed 4G LTE network, has given LightSquared a 30-day extension to get FCC approval. The original agreement had a December 31, 2011 deadline for…

  • Response to LightSquared Briefing Held Today on GPS Testing

    Response to LightSquared Briefing Held Today on GPS Testing

    Response to LightSquared Briefing Held Today on GPS Testing The following statement in response to a briefing held today by LightSquared can be attributed to Jim Kirkland, Vice President and General Counsel of Trimble, a founding member of the Coalition to Save Our GPS. “We look forward to studying the new test results announced today. It’s important…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 13, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 13, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-13 Knowing Your Numbers-How to Develop Project Metrics for Your Land Surveying Company Leica Viva – SmartWorx Viva – Image Notes Video Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 6, 2011 Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-06 New TigerSupplies Showroom…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 6, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 6, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-06 New TigerSupplies Showroom for High-Quality Architectural, Engineering and Survey Equipment Soyuz Launched With First Two Geopositioning Galileo Satellites House Small Business Committee Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal Javad Ashjaee, GPS Pioneer and JAVAD Founder, Admits to GPS…

  • House Small Business Committee Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal

    House Small Business Committee Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal

    Committee Members Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal Until Federal Tests Reveal No GPS Interference “LightSquared’s waiver should not be approved until federal tests reveal there will be no interference and unexpected consequences for small businesses.” Washington, Oct 28 – WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today along with eight members…

  • LightSquared Shows Filtering Technology

    LightSquared Shows Filtering Technology

    RESTON, Va. – October 13, 2011 – LightSquared, a wholesale carrier building a nationwide wireless broadband network that will create consumer choice and drive industry innovation, has collaborated with several high-tech companies to develop solutions to the GPS interference issue. Despite claims by GPS device manufacturers that a solution would take ten years and billions of…

  • Senator Chuck Grassley Continues to Pursue Information on LightSquared, Agency Interaction

    Senator Chuck Grassley Continues to Pursue Information on LightSquared, Agency Interaction

    WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa continues to seek answers regarding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its dealings with the firm, LightSquared. This week, Grassley wrote separate letters to the top investor in and the chief executive of the company, seeking materials that would shed light on why the agency has allowed the…

  • LightSquared in the News Roundup

    LightSquared in the News Roundup

    Here’s a roundup of LightSquared related news links recently posted on Ericcolburn.com, The Professional Land Surveyor Source: LightSquared in the News Republicans Ask White House for Records of Falcone Contacts – Bloomberg LightSquared Promises Tech Fix To ‘Save’ GPS | Fox News LightSquared | Darrell Issa | House Oversight Investigation | The Daily Caller White…

  • LightSquared Video to Debunk Several GPS Interference Myths-Facts or Propaganda?

    Yesterday, I published a press release by House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri Rebuts LightSquared Ad in Letter to CEO and another press release where the Defense Department Seeks to Protect GPS Operations Against LightSquared Network. In summary, Congressman Petri, House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman, disputes the LightSquared arguments that the GPS manufacturers are on the wrong side of this interference…

  • Defense Department Seeks to Protect GPS Operations Against LightSquared Network

    Defense Department Seeks to Protect GPS Operations By Elaine Sanchez American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2011 – Defense Department officials are raising concerns that a company’s proposed wireless broadband network would cause harmful interference to essential Global Positioning System operations. LightSquared’s new terrestrial network has the potential to wreak havoc on GPS systems…

  • House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri Rebuts LightSquared Ad in Letter to CEO

    In a letter to the chairman and CEO of a controversial wireless company, House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri (R-WI) sought to set the record straight Thursday following the company’s ad in the Wall Street Journal the day before. LightSquared, a wireless broadband company, has been mired in controversy because it plans to use a portion of the radio…

  • What if LightSquared is Right about GPS?

    LightSquared Files with FCC: GPS Industry’s Failure to Comply With Department of Defense and International Standards for GPS Receivers Cause of Interference So, I’ve been thinking lately about how the land surveying industry has not demanded and been stewards for improvements, necessary and long overdue improvements, in various aspects of the resources and technologies we…

  • FCC Chairman Promises to Protect GPS from LightSquared Interference

    FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski tells reporters that the FCC will not allow interference to GPS from the proposed LightSquared hybrid satellite/terrestrial broadband wireless service. At yesterday’s press conference with reporters after the FCC’s Aug. 9 monthly meeting, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski made very encouraging comments concerning LightSquared’s January waiver concerning the more recent testing results showing overwhelming…

  • Let the FCC Know About the Threat that LightSquared Poses to GPS

    HELP SAVE OUR GPS! Please Submit your Comments to the FCC by July 30 Background In January, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) conditionally allowed a company called LightSquared to offer wireless broadband services in radio frequency bands adjacent to those used by GPS receivers.  Based on feedback from public and private sector GPS users, the…

  • Office Of Space Commercialization – Satellite Navigation

    Check out the following information from the Office of Space Commercialization, on it’s Satellite Navigation page. There are a lot of good links and information about satellite GPS navigation. The use of satellites for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) has grown dramatically since the U.S. Government authorized civilian access to the Global Positioning System (GPS)…