German Tribune

In what marks LightSquared’s latest barrage against the global-positioning system (GPS) industry, the probable hybrid network operator Tuesday filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking it to commence a proceeding on how some GPS receivers should be regulated.

The request which LightSquared has filed with the US regulators chiefly underscores that need for developing technical standards for the GPS receivers which are the root of the arguments pertaining to the country-wide wireless service proposed by LightSquared.

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.