LightSquared and SI Wireless Reach Roaming Accord
Apr 21, 2011, 7:32 AM by Eric M. Zeman
LightSquared today announced that it has forged a deal that will allow Si Wireless customers to roam onto and use LightSquared's 4G Long Term Evolution network. It will also allow LightSquared's wholesale customers to roam onto and use Si Wireless's cellular network. SI Wireless is a partnership of rural independent telephone companies that provides CDMA-based cellular services to rural parts of Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. LightSquared is building a nationwide LTE network using L-band spectrum that it plans to launch later this year. It has inked roaming deals with other smaller operators, including Cellular South, Cricket Wireless and Open Range.
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LIGHTSQUARED TECHNOLOGY
There seems to be a tacit acceptance and acknowledgment that the technology to be used by LightSquared is a "done deal".
The FAA has requested the FCC put a stop, at least temporarily, to the LightSquared technology deployment due to concerns of interference with GPS signals now being used almost exclusively by the General Aviation and Commercial Aviation communities.
To that end, the FAA is requesting that the FCC perform more thorough and sophisticated testing of the LightSquared technology and spectrum usage prior to final FCC approval.
There have already been two (2) known instances where onboard navigation and communications equipment have been negatively impacted by the LightSquared technology which came as a surprise to both ...
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The FAA has requested the FCC put a stop, at least temporarily, to the LightSquared technology deployment due to concerns of interference with GPS signals now being used almost exclusively by the General Aviation and Commercial Aviation communities.
To that end, the FAA is requesting that the FCC perform more thorough and sophisticated testing of the LightSquared technology and spectrum usage prior to final FCC approval.
There have already been two (2) known instances where onboard navigation and communications equipment have been negatively impacted by the LightSquared technology which came as a surprise to both ...
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That crossed my mind a while back and I had kind of forgotten about it. At the time I found it potentially worrisome for them, but maybe something has been addressed already that I missed?
