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LightSquared To Start Broadband/GNSS Interference Testing This Month

LightSquared expects to start testing for interference between its broadband uplink and downlink signals and neighboring spectrum GPS signals by the end of the month, the satellite company said in a filing posted Thursday in FCC docket 12-340. The filing…

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includes an 18-page test plan summary spelling out the devices to be tested -- ranging from iPhone and Galaxy phones to numerous location and navigation devices -- conditions to be tested for and minimal requirements for what LightSquared said would be nominal accuracy. The company is hoping results of the study can lead to settling a legal fight with a number of GPS manufacturers over interference worries (see 1507010018).