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LightSquared
Remains
Committed
to
Finding
Resolution
February
14,
2012
In
response
to
the
NTIA’s
recommendation
to
the
FCC
today
regarding
LightSquared’s
network,
the
company
said
it
remains
committed
to
finding
a
resolution
with
the
federal
government
and
the
GPS
industry
to
resolve
all
remaining
concerns.
LightSquared
is
confident
that
the
parties
will
continue
the
on-going
efforts
to
explore
all
engineering
options
and
alternatives
to
find
a
solution
to
this
difficult
issue.
The
NTIA’s
recommendation
relied
on
the
flawed
conclusions
of
the
PNT
ExCOM
about
LightSquared’s
potential
impact
on
GPS.
LightSquared
profoundly
disagrees
with
both
the
NTIA’s
and
the
PNT’s
recommendations,
which
disregard
more
than
a
decade
of
regulatory
orders,
and
in
doing
so,
jeopardize
private
enterprise,
jobs
and
investment
in
America's
future.
NTIA
relies
on
interference
standards
that
have
never
been
used
in
this
context,
and
were
forced
by
the
GPS
community
in
order
to
reach
the
conclusions
presented
today.
This,
together
with
a
severely
flawed
testing
process
that
relied
on
obsolete
and
niche
devices,
shows
that
the
FCC
should
take
the
NTIA's
recommendation
with
a
generous
helping
of
salt.
Despite
LightSquared’s
success
in
finding
technical
solutions
and
the
acknowledgement
by a
senior
government
official
that
GPS
receivers
are
specifically
designed
to
rely
on
spectrum
licensed
to
LightSquared,
it
is
extremely
disappointing
that
this
recommendation
was
made
today.
LightSquared
recognizes,
however,
that
this
is
just
one
step
in
the
process,
and
it
remains
committed
to
working
toward
a
resolution.
The
final
regulatory
decision
rests
now
with
the
FCC,
which
is
the
proper
authority
to
resolve
this
issue.
The
company
fully
expects
the
agency
to
recognize
LightSquared’s
legal
rights
to
build
its
$14
billion,
privately
financed
network.
There
is
no
question
that
an
America
where
both
the
GPS
industry
and
LightSquared's
network
can
co-exist
is a
stronger
one
for
any
administration
that
believes
in
competitive
markets
and
job
growth.
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