LightSquared requested confirmation from the FCC that stringent buildout conditions...
LightSquared requested confirmation from the FCC that stringent buildout conditions set in 2010 for the company’s proposed terrestrial network are no longer applicable. The company said it should be relieved of the buildout milestones “until they are reassessed once the…
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status of LightSquared’s ATC [ancillary terrestrial component] authorizations is clarified.” An ex parte filing in docket 11-109 said that until issues of GPS compatibility are resolved, spectrum resources “will necessarily lie fallow simply because no party is in a position to deploy a terrestrial network in the L-band.” The commission has granted relief in other, less compelling situations, LightSquared said: This illustrates that the company “cannot properly be expected to satisfy the milestones in the circumstances presented here.” LightSquared’s plans for a terrestrial service have been stalled due to an FCC proposal to revoke its ATC component (CD Feb 15 p1).