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Looking to maintain its position with the public safety community, LightSquared said it plans to replace current devices at no cost and continue to support older devices through 2014. Those current services and devices were deployed during LightSquared’s previous incarnation …

LightSquared said it has entered into a multi-year network partnership agreement with Colorado-based rural telecommunications provider Open Range Inc. The deal calls for Open Range to lease capacity from LightSquared’s satellite operations to provide wireless broadband services as well as …

LightSquared Subsidiary L.L.C. said that it has completed post-launch testing and acceptance of its recently deployed SkyTerra 1 satellite with its Space-Based Network platform from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. The testing included the transmission of data between the satellite …

LightSquared Subsidiary L.L.C. received good news from the Federal Communications Commission that will allow the satellite communications provider to soon add terrestrial services to its offering.The FCC noted in a report that while on a macro level LightSquared’s plans to …

Editor’s Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a …

Boeing said it fixed the antenna glitch in LightSquared’s satellite, which was shot into space Nov. 14. The company now is continuing a series of checks over the next few months before handing the SkyTerra 1 satellite and its space-based …

LightSquared said its LTE network rollout is expected to proceed on schedule, despite a glitch with its recently deployed satellite.Boeing, which built and launched the satellite for LightSquared, said the satellite is “stable and healthy.” “The L-band antenna reflector on …

LightSquared reported the successful launch of its SkyTerra 1 satellite today, which once activated will provide the soon-to-be wholesale wireless network provider with nationwide voice and data capabilities. The company said the Boeing 702HP satellite was launched by International Launch …

LightSquared took its first major step to fulfilling its promise of launching a nationwide, LTE-enabled wholesale wireless network announcing it had closed on a $850 million of debt funding from UBS AG. LightSquared said terms of the credit facility will …

Looking to capitalize on its satellite service capabilities, LightSquared announced a partnership with the Indian Health Services federal agency to provide free phones and service for use in American Indian and Alaska Native communities through 2020. The plan calls for …

Looking to keep its foot to the floor, LightSquared said it has delivered a notice to satellite communications provider Inmarsat plc (IMASF.PK) triggering “Phase 1” of their agreement that calls for Inmarsat to begin re-banding its L-Band spectrum covering North …

Fresh off its agreement to buy Motorola Inc.’s networks business, Nokia Siemens Networks said it will build Harbinger Capital Partners’ LTE network in an eight-year deal valued at $7 billion, marking NSN’s biggest North American contract and the largest outsourcing …

The Federal Communications Commission is looking to free up 90 megahertz of Mobile Satellite Services spectrum for commercial terrestrial wireless opportunities. The agency expects to start a proceeding in July because the rules regarding MSS spectrum need to be changed …

Clearwire Corp. posted robust first quarter financial results highlighted by company record customer growth, but more importantly the company used its quarterly conference call to intriguing insight into its future network and device plans. Of significant importance was Clearwire’s statement …

LAS VEGAS – Rural wireless carriers received a brutally honest opinion of what their future may look like if they fail to keep up with rapidly technology changes in the mobile industry during a panel discussion at this year’s Rural …

Investment firm Harbinger Capital Partners completed its $262.5 million acquisition of mobile satellite telecom provider SkyTerra Communications Inc. Taking into account outstanding debt and securities, the deal was valued at more than$1.8 billion. The deal was originally announced last September.Harbinger …

Wireless carriers and equipment companies should benefit from the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan while smaller local exchange carriers and TV broadcasters may be vulnerable, according to consultants Global Medley Advisors L.L.C.However, the details of the plan – how …

SkyTerra Communications Inc. and Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. announced Harbinger Capital Partners Funds agreed to provide $500 million of debt financing to fund the former’s business plan through the third quarter of 2010.In addition, SkyTerra and MSV said they entered …

SkyTerra Communications Inc., Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. and Inmarsat plc said they reached a major pact to resolve complex technical, regulatory and business issues, a move they believe will better enable each to offer L-band hybrid mobile satellite services in …

Remember James D. Dondero, the Highland Capital Management L.P. honcho who made Motient Corp. want to forget 2006 and all the fun that comes with nasty proxy fights and lawsuits? Dondero has some folks scratching their heads about why he …

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a spectrum block for mobile satellite services provider TerreStar Networks Inc., one of a handful of firms trying to avoid past mistakes that nearly wiped out the MSS sector in the previous decade.How …

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a large chunk of frequencies for TerreStar Networks Inc., a firm that plans to provide wireless service throughout North America using a hybrid satellite-terrestrial cellular network. The news essentially gives TerreStar direct ownership …

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. named a new management team, continuing moves to separate two affiliated mobile satellite service companies into two independent publicly traded entities and possibly to better position the Lincolnshire, Ill. firm to be acquired. Robert Brumley was named president …

WASHINGTON-The unsuccessful proxy fight lodged by Highland Capital Management L.P. against Motient Corp. has given way to another nasty skirmish over proposed ownership changes in mobile satellite assets whose value may have been a factor in the exit of a …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Motient Corp. increased its ownership of TerreStar Networks Inc. from 54.3 percent to 55.1 percent, according to an 8-K filing the company made. The transaction involved Motient Ventures Holding Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., purchasing more …