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Senators Press FCC to Reconsider Ligado Decision

By Rachel Jewett

Friday, August 19th, 2022

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Senators Press FCC to Reconsider Ligado Decision

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

A bipartisan group of eight senators sent a letter to the FCC this week, asking the commission to reconsider Ligado Networks license modification request due to potential GPS interference. Ligado is working to deploy a terrestrial wireless network in the L-band satellite spectrum, and received FCC approval for the plan in April 2020 — a decision that has been hotly contested. U.S. Department of Defense officials, aerospace and satellite companies and other stakeholders that use GPS signals have sought multiple times to stay the FCC’s decision. The FCC previously…

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