Washington: LightSquared's prospects for getting its wireless network off the ground were dealt another blow this week as US government tests found that the signal of the telecom startup would cause "harmful interference" to a majority of GPS devices. Preliminary analysis of testing of the company's planned network conducted last month showed the wireless network would not interfere with cell phones but would cause "harmful interference to the majority of...
Washington: US broadband start-up LightSquared said it had debunked criticism that high-precision global positioning system devices cannot coexist alongside its planned cellular network. A LightSquared executive told reporters on Wednesday that the company had partnered with a leader in GPS technology to develop a prototype device that can provide the same precision performance. He did not name the partner company. "We have a proof of concept that uses current technology...