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US senator set to let FCC nominees go forward despite LightSquared worries

U.S. Senator Charles Grassley plans to drop a hold he placed on two FCC nominees because of a tussle with the agency over documents related to its treatment of would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared.

By Stephen Lawson | 28 April, 2012 06:51

Tags: 4g, Carriers, consumer electronics, government, GPS, LightSquared, Regulation, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

GPS could speed up tsunami alert systems

Global positioning systems (GPS) could provide faster tsunami alerts than current warning set-ups, German researchers say, citing data collected in last year's deadly Japan earthquake.

By AAP | 26 April, 2012 08:39

Tags: Global Positioning Systems, tsunami alerts

Lawmakers ask how much LightSquared tests cost taxpayers

Two U.S. lawmakers pressed a federal agency on Monday to say how much taxpayer money went into testing the proposed LightSquared network, a private 4G system that the FCC ultimately rejected because it would interfere with GPS.

By Stephen Lawson | 11 April, 2012 10:50

Tags: 4g, Carriers, Charles, consumer electronics, government, GPS, Grassley, LightSquared, Regulation, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

Ten ways your smartphone knows where you are

One of the most important capabilities that smartphones now have is knowing where they are. More than desktops, laptops, personal navigation devices or even tablets, which are harder to take with you, a smartphone can combine its location with many other pieces of data to make new services available.

By Stephen Lawson | 06 April, 2012 22:47

Tags: bluetooth, broadcom, Carriers, consumer electronics, Electronic Frontier Foundation, GPS, Locata, mobile, networking, NextNav, RX Networks, Shopkick, smartphones, Telecommunication, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi

LightSquared question is in FCC's hands now

With the end of the public comment and response periods on LightSquared's plan to operate a 4G LTE service near GPS frequencies, it's now the FCC's turn to decide how to proceed.

By Stephen Lawson | 03 April, 2012 11:29

Tags: 4g, consumer electronics, government, GPS, legal, LightSquared, Regulation, satellite, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

GM set to launch app for car navigation

General Motors soon will sell a $US50 smartphone application that could replace your car's dashboard navigation system.

By AAP | 29 March, 2012 12:40

Tags: general motors, GoGo Link, navigation system, Smartphone applications

As navigation looks indoors, new uses appear

The maps on smartphones and tablets soon may extend into buildings, but consumers and service providers won't use indoor maps the same as outdoor, participants in the location-based services business said on Wednesday.

By Stephen Lawson | 24 March, 2012 06:21

Tags: Aisle411, consumer electronics, CSR, Foursquare, Glympse, GPS, Micello, mobile, Skyhook, TeleCommunication Systems

Defiant LightSquared says FCC action would violate its rights

The FCC's proposal to kill LightSquared's planned LTE network would violate the fledgling carrier's property rights by taking away its spectrum and destroying its multibillion-dollar investment in mobile broadband, LightSquared will argue on Friday in a formal comment to the agency.

By Stephen Lawson | 17 March, 2012 06:56

Tags: 4g, Carriers, consumer electronics, government, GPS, legal, LightSquared, mobile, Regulation, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

LightSquared's Ahuja resigns as CEO

LightSquared Chairman and CEO Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned his CEO post, in the latest change to rock the company that still says it wants to build a 4G network using frequencies next to the GPS spectrum band.

By Stephen Lawson | 29 February, 2012 19:30

Tags: 4g, business issues, consumer electronics, GPS, LightSquared, mobile, personnel, Sanjiv Ahuja, satellite, Telecommunication

LightSquared's owner hires lawyers to study legal battle on GPS

LightSquared's primary investor, Philip Falcone, is exploring possible lawsuits against the FCC and the GPS industry in the wake of the FCC's rejection of the carrier's plan for a 4G cellular network, sources familiar with the company's planning confirmed on Friday.

By Stephen Lawson | 18 February, 2012 08:51

Tags: 4g, Civil lawsuits, consumer electronics, government, GPS, Harbinger Capital Partners, legal, LightSquared, mobile, Regulation, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

LightSquared vows to keep seeking a GPS solution

LightSquared said Wednesday it still wants to find a solution to the GPS interference issue that has probably already doomed the fledgling carrier's plans for a nationwide mobile broadband network.

By Stephen Lawson | 16 February, 2012 10:09

Tags: 4g, consumer electronics, government, GPS, LightSquared, mobile, Regulation, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards

A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition.

By Stephen Lawson | 09 February, 2012 12:57

Tags: 4g, consumer electronics, government, GPS, LightSquared, Regulation, satellite, Telecommunication, U.S. Department of Transportation

Senator questions ethics of alleged LightSquared lobbying

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Monday that the owner of LightSquared and a possible representative of the company may have broken ethics rules when they contacted his office about winning approval for LightSquared's planned mobile broadband network.

By Stephen Lawson | 24 January, 2012 08:30

Tags: 4g, Carriers, consumer electronics, Fine Point Technologies, government, GPS, legal, LightSquared, mobile, Regulation, satellite, Telecommunication

Federal body concludes LightSquared can't work with GPS

A key federal agency involved in testing the proposed LightSquared LTE network has concluded that there is no practical way to solve interference between that network and GPS, possibly dealing a crippling blow to the startup carrier's hopes for a terrestrial mobile network.

By Stephen Lawson | 14 January, 2012 10:42

Tags: 4g, Carriers, consumer electronics, GPS, LightSquared, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

Sprint gives LightSquared more time to win over FCC

Sprint Nextel has given LightSquared another month to gain FCC approval for its planned 4G network, extending a deal in which LightSquared would use Sprint's Network Vision infrastructure and save an estimated US$13 billion in deployment costs.

By Stephen Lawson | 04 January, 2012 07:35

Tags: 4g, business issues, Carriers, consumer electronics, GPS, LightSquared, mobile, personnel, satellite, sprint nextel, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

China to launch GPS alternative with own Beidou system

China on Tuesday began offering its own satellite navigation system to users, as an effort to move away from the nation's reliance on the U.S.-built NAVSTAR GPS network.

By Michael Kan | 28 December, 2011 16:33

Tags: consumer electronics, GPS

LightSquared says GPS has to accept interference

Mobile startup LightSquared wants the FCC to declare that it has the right to use spectrum next to the GPS band and that navigation device makers do not.

By Stephen Lawson | 22 December, 2011 12:01

Tags: Coalition to Save Our GPS, consumer electronics, government, GPS, legal, LightSquared, mobile, Regulation, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

Feds again say LightSquared interferes with GPS

A second round of tests on LightSquared's proposed land-based mobile data network again showed interference with a majority of GPS devices, except for cellphones, two U.S. federal departments said Wednesday.

By Stephen Lawson | 15 December, 2011 09:47

Tags: 4g, consumer electronics, government, GPS, LightSquared, Regulation, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

LightSquared slams leak on GPS tests, expects to win

LightSquared believes a government official selectively leaked results from tests of its proposed mobile broadband network to set public opinion against the company, and it is seeking a federal investigation of the apparent leak.

By Stephen Lawson | 13 December, 2011 08:47

Tags: 4g, Carriers, consumer electronics, GPS, LightSquared, Telecommunication

Gunman barricades himself inside Air Force's GPS satellite control facility

The Air Force confirmed this afternoon that an individual from the 50th Security Forces Squadron has barricaded himself inside the Colorado base building that controls most of the GPS communications throughout the U.S.

By Michael Cooney | 22 November, 2011 09:31

Tags: consumer electronics, government, GPS, industry verticals, security

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