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Ligado Networks’ nationwide mobile broadband network. In May, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration filed a request with the FCC on behalf of executive branch agencies, including the Defense and Transportation departments, arguing the commission’s approval would cause “irreparable harms to federal government users” of global positioning systems (GPS). Outgoing FCC chairman Ajit Pai stated it “imposed stringent conditions” to protect incumbent users in the band when it cleared Ligado Networks’ plan in April 2020, adding “...

Ligado investors should be scared of its future Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images) By now it shouldn’t be any surprise that I oppose the decision by the Federal Communications Commission to approve Ligado Networks’ application to repurpose low-band spectrum for a terrestrial commercial network that will interfere with GPS and satellite communications signals. What is surprising, however, is that after my push to dispel the Ligado lies, Ligado still has investors willing to bet big on them. In October, the ...

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