It is the problem that will not depart for LightSquared , and one which has prompted just a few different “fixes” and “solutions.” The newest, as announced by the LTE wholesaler last month, is an exact hardware fix that overcomes the interference issue affecting high-precision GPS units — the best problem being that each one existing and future units might want to be upgraded with said fix. Now the company’s back with yet more details, announcing that it’s partnered with PCTEL to develop an antenna that lets users of high-precision GPS units easily retrofit their devices to cause them to “LightSquared-compatible.” There’s still no word at the cost for it, but LightSquared has also announced that Partron America has created a filtering component that costs $6. The company’s press release is after the break.
LightSquared and PCTEL Collaboration Solves High Precision GPS Interference
RESTON, Va., October 27, 2011 – LightSquared, a wholesale carrier building a nationwide wireless broadband network so one can create consumer choice and drive industry innovation, has collaborated with PCTEL (NASDAQ: PCTI), a world leader inside the design and development of innovative antenna solutions, to solve concerns over high precision GPS receivers.
PCTEL has developed an antenna allow existing high precision users to retrofit their GPS devices to lead them to compatible with LightSquared’s network. This antenna provides high precision GPS users with another in a sequence of solutions to make their equipment LightSquared-compatible.
“PCTEL has developed GPS antenna solutions which have solved a considerable number of interference issues that others said were unsolvable. Their wideband antenna provides an effective and sublime solution for thousands of high precision device users,” said Martin Harriman, executive vice chairman of ecosystem development and satellite business at LightSquared.
PCTEL’s antenna solutions address applications including public safety, agriculture, construction and aviation. The recent antenna may be independently tested with various receivers on the world-renowned Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ.
“During the last year, we’ve got worked closely with LightSquared to develop a narrowband technique to interference issues. Our current work with LightSquared will enable wideband high precision users to have a state-of-the-art solution for his or her unique positioning needs. We glance forward to developing other multiband and wideband high rejection GPS antenna products with LightSquared to bring high precision technology to new levels,” said Jeff Miller, PCTEL’s senior vice chairman of sales and marketing.
Despite claims by some GPS device manufacturers that an interference solution would take ten years and billions of greenbacks to develop, the personal marketplace has continued to develop inexpensive solutions using existing technology in only an issue of weeks. PCTEL is the third company to collaborate with LightSquared on an answer to high-precision GPS interference issues. Earlier this month, GPS device maker Javad GNSS announced the design of antennas that may be retrofitted onto existing devices and the improvement of latest receivers which are compatible with LightSquared’s network. Additionally, Partron America has created a filtering component that costs only $6.
These solutions will undergo extensive National Telecommunications and data Administration (NTIA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) testing within the coming weeks. Preliminary testing results leave LightSquared confident that the controversy over its network and interference from GPS signals could be resolved.
LightSquared’s mission is to construct a worldwide-class 4G-LTE network with the intention to bring lower prices, better service and more competition to 260 million Americans by 2015. It’s miles through these alliances with engineering experts that new GPS interference solutions were developed, keeping the company’s deployment plan on course in order that all Americans can realize the advantages of a brand new nationwide wireless broadband network.
About LightSquared
LightSquared’s mission is to revolutionize the U.S. wireless industry. With the creation of the 1st-ever, wholesale-only nationwide 4G-LTE network integrated with satellite coverage, LightSquared offers people the rate, value and reliability of universal connectivity, wherever they’re within the Country. As a wholesale-only operator, LightSquared will deploy an open 4G wireless broadband network for use by existing and new service providers to sell their very own devices, applications and services – at a competitive cost and without retail competition from LightSquared. The deployment and operation of LightSquared’s network represent greater than $14 billion of personal investment over the subsequent eight years. For additional info about LightSquared, please visit www.LightSquared.com, www.facebook.com/LightSquared and www.twitter.com/LightSquared.
About PCTEL
PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCTI), develops antenna, scanning receiver, and network solutions for the worldwide wireless market. The company’s SeeGull® scanning receivers, SeeHawk® visualization tool, and CLARIFY® system measure, monitor and optimize cellular networks. PCTEL develops and supports scanning receivers for LTE, TD-LTE, EVDO, CDMA, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, GSM, and WiMAX networks.
PCTEL’s MAXRAD®, Bluewave™ and Wi-Sys™ antenna solutions address private network, public safety, and government applications. PCTEL develops and delivers high-value YAGI, Land Mobile Radio, WiFi, GPS, and broadband antennas (parabolic and flat panel). The company’s vertical markets include SCADA, Health Care, Smart Grid, Precision Agriculture, Indoor Wireless, Telemetry, Off-loading, and Wireless Backhaul. PCTEL Secure makes a speciality of Android mobile platform security. For more info, please visit the company’s web pages www.pctel.com, www.antenna.com, www.antenna.pctel.com, www.rfsolutions.pctel.com or www.pctelsecure.com.
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