LightSquared: GPS industry should pay for fixing commercial devices
Wireless startup LightSquared said that the Global Positioning System industry should pay to retrofit commercial GPS receivers so they can function in the presence of LightSquared's signal.
The company has committed to pay up to $50 million to retrofit government receivers, but says fixing commercial receivers is the GPS industry's responsibility. "They took the calculated risk that we'd never be successful," said LightSquared Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Jeff Carlisle. He said the GPS industry should have adjusted their receivers years ago to prepare for LightSquared launching its network. "Instead, they spent the money on a lobbying campaign to kill us," he said.