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WASHINGTON, DC 20510
March 29, 2012
The Honorable Julius Genachowski
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Dear Chairman Genachowski:
Over the last year, a struggle has taken place between Lightsquared and the GPS community on
the risks of Lightsquared operating in spectnun adjacent to GPS operations, True to your word,
you have decided not to allow Lightsquared to operate in that adjacent spectnun after the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration determined through an
interagency process that doing so would pose insurmountable risks.
We understand your decision but urge you to work with the company and other spectnun
holders. including federal agencies and the NTIA, to locate and identify alternate spectrum
that Lightsquared could use for a nationwide 4G LTE wireless broadband network.
Others have rightly pointed out that this situation raises the question of whether the agency
should create receiver standards so that license holders operate only in their licensed spectnun
and do not foreclose opportunities for others to use this scarce public resource. However, that is
a structural issue to consider over the long-term, In the short-term, we urge you to work with
industry and the relevant federal agencies to fmd consensus on alternate spectnun
for Lightsquared's proposed network. Advancing Lightsquared's network in a consensus
manner would increase competition in the wireless broadband market and promote the public
interest.
Sincerely,
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