During the course of a Wednesday morning conference call with reporters, the start-up wireless carrier LightSquared said that "manufacturers of GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers and government end users" had rigged the GPS test devices so as to produce "bogus results."
According to LightSquared and former FCC chief engineer Edmond Thomas, old and incomplete GPS receivers put to test by the GPS equipment makers in November; and the public as well as third parties could not analyzing the testing process because non-disclosure agreements were cited in the case.
In the wake of the fact that GPS makers have been claiming that the LightSquared network interferes with GPS communications, LightSquared said that, in order tpo prove their point, the GPS manufacturers "cherry picked" the devices for testing, in secret.
Further adding that independent authorities were preventing from taking part or overseeing the tests or test results, LightSquared said the tests chiefly aimed at focusing on outdated technology which is used only in "niche market devices." The company said that such devices were "least able to withstand potential interference" from wireless networks.
With LightSquared's latest claims further adding to its series of claims that the approval process for its LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network is unfair, the company said in a Wednesday statement: "Transparency is the only way taxpayers can be assured that the testing process is not manipulated to benefit one particular set of self interests."