Stories about: Federal Aviation Administration

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    LightSquared's options to save its network are limited 16/02/2012 12:33:18

    Though would-be mobile carrier LightSquared says it still wants to find a solution to interference with GPS, its options are limited, industry observers said on Wednesday.
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    Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards 09/02/2012 12:57:18

    A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition.
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    Federal body concludes LightSquared can't work with GPS 14/01/2012 10:42:25

    A key federal agency involved in testing the proposed LightSquared LTE network has concluded that there is no practical way to solve interference between that network and GPS, possibly dealing a crippling blow to the startup carrier's hopes for a terrestrial mobile network.
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    Feds again say LightSquared interferes with GPS 15/12/2011 09:47:07

    A second round of tests on LightSquared's proposed land-based mobile data network again showed interference with a majority of GPS devices, except for cellphones, two U.S. federal departments said Wednesday.
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    US official: Gov't spectrum holdings are limited 07/07/2011 06:33:07

    The U.S. government doesn't have a huge swath of underused wireless spectrum to auction to mobile carriers, although agencies are working to identify spectrum bands that can be sold, an official said Wednesday.
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    LightSquared faces more turbulence over GPS 30/06/2011 11:37:35

    There's little disagreement about what a test report expected this week will say about LightSquared's proposed LTE network: It knocks out GPS on many devices. There's far less consensus about what causes the problem and what to do about it.
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    Lawmakers want to block LightSquared approval 24/06/2011 11:37:00

    A U.S. House of Representatives committee has stepped into the fray over startup LightSquared's planned mobile data network, and passed a bill that would block the Federal Communications Commission from spending any money granting the carrier a waiver it is seeking.
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    LightSquared report due amid criticism 15/06/2011 12:53:53

    Mobile startup LightSquared may go from the frying pan to the fire on Wednesday when it releases a report on potential interference between its planned network and GPS.
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    World IPv6 Day: Tech industry's most-watched event since Y2K 09/06/2011 00:06:00

    The nation's largest telecom carriers, content providers, hardware suppliers and software vendors will be on the edge of their seats tonight for the start of World IPv6 Day, which is the most-anticipated 24 hours the tech industry has seen since fears of the Y2K bug dominated New Year's Eve in 1999.
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    How is cloud computing like an airplane? 12/05/2011 08:54:00

    LAS VEGAS – A cloud computing service is like an airliner - even though it can experience devastating crashes that affect many people, like Amazon’s crash last month, it’s still safer than driving your own car… or IT infrastructure.
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    CA Technologies acquires government consulting firm 07/04/2011 00:18:54

    In a move to strengthen its presence in the U.S. government IT market, CA Technologies has acquired Base Technologies, a privately held consulting firm that specializes in managing IT assets for U.S. public sector agencies.
 
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