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Lightsquared gets huge pile of money

Jul 5, 2011
$265 million to be exact from new and current investors. Lightsquared, of course, is the company trying to build a new wireless service based on a...

Lightsquared: "We can change! Just give us a chance!"

Jul 1, 2011
Lightsquared is the heavily backed company that's planning/hoping to build a new 4G network using both ground towers and satellite capability. It...

The report results are in: Lightsquared messes with GPS

Jun 15, 2011
In a report scheduled to be presented to the FCC on Wednesday, Lightsquared and a GPS industry group will tell the agency yes, Lightsquared will...

New tests show LightSquared might screw up GPS

Jun 10, 2011
LightSquared is a new network trying to get up and running. But, lots of folks - pilots, people in the military - have been complaining that the...

D-block bill gains momentum after 10 years

Jun 9, 2011
Lawmakers are hoping to make some changes to how emergency responders can communicate before the 10th anniversary of September 11th. Wednesday,...

D-block gets hearing tomorrow

Apr 11, 2011
House Communications subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden will head a hearing tomorrow about how spectrum can be used in support of public safety....

For public good, not for profit.

LightSquared still making people upset

Mar 31, 2011
I think I must write one of these items a week. There's more concern about the new wireless network. This time, it's the Pentagon. The Defense...

Netflix cuts video quality in Canada

Mar 30, 2011
Netflix is making moves to shrink the amount of data going across a network when it streams movies and TV to Canadian customers. The company says...

Lots of fuss about the D-block

Mar 3, 2011
We're coming up on the 10 year anniversary of September 11th, and there's still a lot of squabbling about creating a separate network for public...