LightSquared Offers Plan to Minimize GPS Interference

Yesterday LightSquared announced it would use different frequencies to prevent interference with GPS. The company said it will use a 10 MHz chunk of L-band spectrum that is in the lower portion of its spectrum holdings. The proposed solution indicates that LightSquared has signed a far-reaching network-sharing deal with Sprint Nextel.

LightSquared said it recently signed a deal with Inmarsat, the satellite firm that controls the lower spectrum band, which will allow the company to use the lower spectrum band sooner than it initially planned.

"Test results show this lower block of frequencies is largely free of interference issues with the exception of a limited number of high precision GPS receivers that are specifically designed to rely on LightSquared's spectrum," LightSquared said in a statement. "In its original plan, LightSquared planned to move into this other frequency block as its business grew over the next two to three years."

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