LightSquared Taking Another Run at the FCC

LightSquared is seeking FCC approval for a plan it argues will allow its broadband service to co-exist with GPS. Click here for the full story...

Surveying in the News

Surveying was a Rough Business
Shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War, the leaders of the fledgling United States of America realized that the land west of the original 13 states – ceded to the new government by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 – was, quite literally, uncharted territory. Click here to read full story...

Data is the crop: GNSS used by Surveyors and Farmers

As technology continues to march forward, and storage and data evaluation use grows, the surveyor and the farmer will begin to use each other’s skillsets to increase their own productivity. So how do we get there? First, we must establish how each side uses their prospective GPS tools. Click here to read the full story...

LightSquared Settles GPS Lawsuit With Trimble Navigation

“Trimble and New LightSquared have agreed to work together with the relevant government agencies to implement a mutually acceptable compromise approach to resolution of the outstanding issues relating to use of New LightSquared’s spectrum,” a LightSquared spokeswoman said. Click here to read full story...

LightSquared and Deere Settle GPS Spectrum Lawsuit

Under its deal with Deere, LightSquared has agreed to forgo a portion of its spectrum nearest to the GPS signal and instead will use frequencies that are further away from the GPS signal. In return, Deere said it won’t object to LightSquared’s deployment of its wireless broadband network. Click Here to Read the Full Story...

Lightsquared in the News

Federal regulators approved LightSquared’s request to transfer its valuable spectrum licenses to a newly formed company.. Click here to read full story...

Surveying Around the Globe

Massive Geolocation Coverage Project is Underway in Belarus

According to a recent press release issued by the State Property Committee of Belarus, up to 85 percent of the territory of that country is going to have been covered by its precise geolocation system by the close of this year.  Click here to read full story...

Surveyors In The News

Water Flows Downhill
Isn’t that title a profound and brilliant deduction? Water, in the form of rain, hits the ground and is immediately absorbed or flows away to a creek somewhere. But, this effect is so noteworthy as to be mentioned in hundreds of deeds that are recorded in the county clerk’s office at the courthouse. It is so important that many surveyors still use the phrase “and lying on the waters of So-and-So Creek” to help describe where the surveyed property can be found.  Click here to read the full story...

The Forgotten Survey

On Nov. 10, 1815, Prospect Robbins was surveying a north-south line that would become known as the fifth principal meridian. On that day, he crossed an east-west baseline that had been surveyed by a party led by Joseph Brown. The two lines crossed in a headwater swamp in east Arkansas. The National Park Service designated the area a National Historic Landmark in April 1993. "The official land survey of the Louisiana Purchase began in October 1815 when Robbins and Brown...Click here to read full story

LightSquared: The Saga Continues

Report: LightSquared Close to Transferring Ownership of Its Spectrum

 

The saga of LightSquared continues as the company now moves to transfer control of its spectrum to new owners.  LightSquared is close to having U.S. regulators approve a deal that would see JPMorgan Chase & Co., among others, take over ownership of its airwaves, according to a Bloomberg report. 

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has reportedly told regulators they should approved the deal, which is a significant part of LightSquared emerging from bankruptcy. 
LightSquared's plans for a hybrid terrestrial, sattelite network was killed by the FCC over fears that such a network would interfere with GPS systems. That decision eventually forced the company into bankruptcy. 

A final decision on LightSquared's plans remains on the FCC's docket but there is no timetable for action on the matter. 

In March of this year, a judge approved LightSquared's restructuring plans, which led to a $1.4 billion cash payment to Dish CEO Charlie Ergen for a portion of LightSquared's debt he purchased.

The way things have shaken out are a far cry from the company's original vision of launching a wholesale broadband network that would sell  data to third-party retailers, MVNOs and handset makers. 

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