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Updated: LightSquared’s attempts to become a wholesale provider of mobile broadband services appears to have come to an end as government regulators have declared that interference between LightSquared’s proposed spectrum …

With time now being a significant factor, LightSquared has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission asking that the government agency develop receiver standards for unlicensed GPS devices. This issue …

Perhaps looking to hedge its bets, mobile virtual network enabler Simplexity MVNO Services announced a deal with Sprint Nextel (S) to use the carrier’s network to offer third-party branded voice …

LightSquared has reportedly garnered a six-week extension from Sprint Nextel to gain approval for use of its 1.6 GHz spectrum assets from the Federal Communications Commission that are currently tied …

I try to not feel sorry for huge, multi-national conglomerates. This is due mostly to the fact that they always seem to forget my birthday, unless they want me to buy something.

LightSquared continues to cry foul in its ongoing attempt to secure governmental approval to use its 1.6 GHz spectrum assets to launch a mobile telecommunications service. Throwing together a last-minute …

This week saw a couple of events that makes the conspiracy theorist in me go a bit bonkers, or at least a bit more bonkers than usual in what is the last year of our earthly existence. (Thanks for the heads up, Mayans.)

Sprint Nextel’s LTE plans received some clarity as CEO Dan Hesse announced the first four markets to receive the carrier’s new network offering scheduled to launch later this year, with …

In a move that could indicate future plans, LightSquared announced that it has hired Marc Montager as chief financial officer. Montager was previously with SkyTerra, a company absorbed into LightSquared’s …

LightSquared has reportedly garnered a 30-day extension from potential network host Sprint Nextel (S) to gain governmental approval to use its controversial 1.6 GHz spectrum holdings. The Wall Street Journal …

Stung by recent tests that showed potential interference with ground-based GPS systems, LightSquared has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking to confirm the company’s rights to use …

Following contentious leaks of the results earlier this week, a government technical group released a report showing continued interference issues between general purpose GPS receivers, flight safety systems and LightSquared’s …

Leaked accounts that the latest round of interference testing to see whether LightSquared’s attempt to launch an LTE network would interfere with commercial GPS communications garnered a strong reaction from …

DALLAS — Sprint Nextel has kept wireless network observers busy recently thanks to its Network Vision initiative, which will see the carrier upgrade virtually all of its current cell sites, …

What does your smartphone have in common with Henry Ford’s Model T? Quite a bit, according to LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja. Both the smartphone and the Model T may be …