Yesterday the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure heard concerns that LightSquared’s proposed LTE network would interfere with flight safety. John D. Porcari, the Deputy Secretary for the US Department of Transportation, asked the committee to introduce standards that regulate the usage of GPS’ neighboring spectrum. He told the hearing that precise [...]
Dish Network, in its filing with the FCC this week, has argued against the restrictions that AT&T Mobility wants to impose on Dish’s spectrum licenses, reports Fierce Wireless. Dish also clarified elements of its nationwide LTE Advanced plan. Dish wants to use 40 Mhz of spectrum in the 2.1 GHz MSS (satellite phone) band that [...]
Some amazing formation flying experiments have been performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the University of Pennsylvania’s the GRASP Lab. The Quadcopter vehicles were developed by KMel Robotics. The quadrotors are X-shaped with a central control unit at their center. Based on commands, 16 quadcopters change direction, land, navigate past obstacles, and even [...]
Sprint Nextel will give LightSquared an additional six weeks to get approval to build its nationwide 4G LTE wireless network from the FCC or it will terminate its agreement with the company, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Sprint had previously extended its deadline from the end of 2011 until Jan. 31. Last summer Sprint and [...]
On Saturday, the FCC announced a request for comments (pdf) on the LightSquared situation. Comments are due by Feb. 27, and responses promised by March 13. LightSquared applauded the move. Lightsquared filed a petition for declaratory ruling to the FCC last month. The request is for input on LightSquared’s request for a finding on the [...]
The U.S. Delegation to the World Radiocommunication Conference held a press conference in Geneva, yesterday, reviewing the goals of the US delegation. WRC-12 starts today in Geneva and runs through 17 February 2012. Every 3-5 years, the nations of the world meet at WRC to coordinate telecommunications frequencies, standards and policies. At yesterday’s press conference, [...]
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