FCC Bars Lightsquared From Using Airwaves

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @01:55AM from the lightsquared-disputes-laws-of-physics dept.

New submitter mc6809e writes with news that Lightsquared might have just been killed. From the article: "A proposed wireless broadband network that would provide voice and Internet service using airwaves once reserved for satellite-telephone transmissions should be shelved because it interferes with GPS technology, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. The news appears to squash the near-term hopes for the network pushed by LightSquared, a Virginia company that is majority-owned by Philip Falcone, a New York hedge fund manager." LightSquared, naturally, continues to deny that the interference is real.

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Look for Iran to implement this technology by Tekfactory · 2012-02-15 02:12 · Score: 5, Funny

I mean if it gives you broadband, voice and blocks GPS guided missiles, what more could you want?
Re:Sucks for Lightsquared by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-15 02:28 · Score: 2, Funny

Physics, alas, makes for a harsh mistress.
Yeah, but that's because Physics is a old, hairy dude.