The FCC should “immediately withdraw LightSquared’s waiver authorizing upper channel...
The FCC should “immediately withdraw LightSquared’s waiver authorizing upper channel [ancillary terrestrial component] deployment and stay lower channel ATC authorization until the studies called for by” the Defense and Transportation Departments are conducted and evaluated, said UPS in comments (http://xrl.us/bk3t7f)…
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on the study filed by the technical working group (TWG) that looked at possible interference with GPS signals. The deadline for working group comments was Saturday, but filers had until the close of business Monday to file in docket 11-109 because the deadline fell on the weekend. LightSquared’s service poses a threat to UPS’ air cargo operations and its use of GPS for its daily truck delivery operations, UPS said. TechAmerica in its comments also asked the FCC to tread carefully to ensure LightSquared’s service doesn’t hurt GPS spectrum use (http://xrl.us/bk3t7s). Lockheed Martin said LightSquared’s revised roll out plan, which would begin service only in the lower part of the L-band and pause all operations in the upper part of the spectrum, doesn’t solve the interference issues (http://xrl.us/bk3t8n). The FCC should reject the revised plans, “rescind the conditional waiver, and otherwise ensure that the conclusions reached from the work of the TWG and further studies/tests be codified in its rules governing ATC use in the L-band, said Lockheed .