The FCC acted procedurally inappropriately in moving to pull LightSquared’s...
The FCC acted procedurally inappropriately in moving to pull LightSquared’s conditional waiver and ancillary terrestrial component (CD Feb 16 p1), the company said Thursday in an FCC filing (http://xrl.us/bmupem). LightSquared asked the FCC to extend the comment deadline -- now…
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March 1 -- for the agency’s proposals to March 30. The comment period provided is “wholly inadequate, particularly considering the depth and volume of the new information” from NTIA’s report, said LightSquared. The FCC issued its public notice proposing to rescind LightSquared’s operations the day after NTIA filed its report based on GPS interference testing. LightSquared deserves more time to address the NTIA report, which took several months to complete, the company said. The FCC gave LightSquared “just nine days” to work with technical experts and draft a response on why the NTIA’s analysis is flawed and why there’s no reason to pull the conditional waiver or ATC authority, said LightSquared. That time frame isn’t enough for LightSquared to meaningfully comment on the 300 pages of new information in the record, the company said. While LightSquared would have another 30-day period to protest the FCC’s actions if fulfilled, LightSquared should be allowed to make its case fully now, it said.