[FIT] FW: [nsgic_member_list] FEDERAL AGENCIES RECOMMEND KEEPING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AWAY FROM GPS RADIO BAND, CITING PROVEN INTERFERENCE CONCERNS

[SMITH Cy * EISPD GEO]

The message below is the latest communication regarding an issue OGIC
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Cy Smith, Oregon State GIO

DAS/EISPD Geospatial Enterprise Office

President, Urban/Regional Info Sys Assoc. (URISA)

Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)

Past President, Natl. States Geographic Info. Council (NSGIC)

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From: Milo Robinson [mailto:mrobinson at usgs.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:27 AM
To: NSGIC Member List
Subject: [nsgic_member_list] FEDERAL AGENCIES RECOMMEND KEEPING WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AWAY FROM GPS RADIO BAND, CITING PROVEN
INTERFERENCE CONCERNS

 


NEWS RELEASE

NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE for
SPACE-BASED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, and TIMING
www.PNT.gov

July 7, 2011

FEDERAL AGENCIES RECOMMEND KEEPING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AWAY 
FROM GPS RADIO BAND, CITING PROVEN INTERFERENCE CONCERNS

WASHINGTON -- The United States Departments of Transportation and 
Defense, on behalf of the National Executive Committee for Space-Based 
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, sent a letter on June 14, 2011, to 
the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA), clarifying their position on the proposal of 
LightSquared Subsidiary LLC to operate a nationwide broadband service 
within the spectrum immediately adjacent to the Global Positioning 
System (GPS) signals.

The Departments asked the NTIA Administrator to advise the Federal 
Communications Commission to continue to withhold authorization for 
LightSquared to commence commercial service per its proposed deployment 
of a terrestrial service within the 1525-1559 MHz bands. LightSquared's 
proposal is to deploy a network of 40,000 base stations along with some 
satellite coverage over 139 major markets in the United States.

The Departments' position follows an interagency review of the findings 
of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems 
Engineering Forum (NPEF), which was tasked to assess the GPS impacts of 
LightSquared's deployment plan as originally filed. The NPEF determined 
that, if permitted to operate as originally planned, LightSquared's 
signals would significantly interfere with GPS users and, as a result, 
impact national security, economic security, and public safety
nationwide.

The NTIA Administrator forwarded the letter and report to the FCC 
Chairman on July 6. These materials can be found at www.PNT.gov.

The Departments continue to support the National Broadband Plan, but 
cannot do so at the expense of a global, ubiquitous utility such as the 
Global Positioning System. The Departments encourage further assessment 
of any alternative spectrum and/or signal configuration plans.

For additional information, contact Mr. Anthony Russo at the National 
Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 
at 202-482-5809.

# # #


Milo Robinson
Senior Policy Advisor Department of the Interior
National Coordination Office
Space Based Position, Navigation, & Timing
milo.robinson at pnt.gov
202-482-0019
or
703-648-5162
mrobinson at usgs.gov

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