LightSquared, a deployer of open 4G wireless broadband networks for new as well as for existing service providers, announced that it has filed the initial set of data from testing precision GPS devices that were modified to work along with the proposed 4G LTE network throughout the country. The tests were conducted by an independent laboratory.
Jeff Carlisle, the executive VP for regulatory affairs and public policy at LightSquared, announced that the data demonstrated that LightSquared's signals do not affect the accuracy of high-precision GPS devices that are properly filtered. The government is yet to begin the next level of the testing process, he added.
In an earlier testing, the government has confirmed the compatibility of over 300 million GPS-enabled cell phones with the signals from LightSquared. The independent laboratory test and the government test demonstrate that interference issues can be avoided and that solutions can be engineered.
By 2015, LightSquared has committed to bring in advanced wireless broadband connectivity to Americans. The company has made an investment of $14 billion in the broadband infrastructure through private equity to bring connectivity to around 260 million Americans.
LightSquared intends to continue working with the government to achieve a complete solution. This endeavor will lead to the creation of more jobs, build the network, promote competition and provide low-cost wireless broadband services to underserved American communities.
Source: http://www.lightsquared.com/