A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday would hold
Ligado Networks responsible for costs to mitigate all potential GPS interference, not just that associated with government systems, as a result of the company’s plan to build a new commercial L-band network for 5G infrastructure.
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is leading the measure. This builds on his previous opposition to the
FCC’s decision last year to approve Ligado’s network plan, citing concerns it will place undue risk on GPS reliability.
“GPS and satellite communications don’t only impact our military we rely on it for so much of our day to day lives, which is why we need to take steps to protect not just the federal government from the harmful decision, but all state and local governments, private entities and consumers too,” Inhofe said in a statement. “When Ligado’s effort to repurpose spectrum causes interference in
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