Ligado Stay Wouldn't Hurt Anyone, Opponents Say
Staying the FCC's Ligado approval won't cause harm but is needed to prevent serious harm from harmful interference to GPS devices and satellite communications, said nearly six dozen aeronautical, GPS and satellite interests in a docket 11-109 posting Wednesday. Citing…
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NTIA concerns about Ligado's L-band terrestrial wireless plan, the coalition said the FCC "made little, if any, cognizable effort to accommodate or address those concerns. Letter signatories included American Airlines, American Meteorological Society, FedEx, Iridium, JetBlue, National Emergency Number Association, Spire Global, Trimble and UPS. The FCC, which was asked to reconsider the approval (see 2005210043), didn't comment. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers said that in a meeting with an aide to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks it urged reconsideration of the Ligado approval, noting the harmful interference to GPS.