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In The News | Fierce Wireless | Colin Gibbs | May 23, 2016

Ligado Networks Presents Plans to Build 5G Network

Ligado Networks is pushing ahead with its plan to build a 5G network, requesting that the FCC bar the terrestrial use of a 10 MHz block of airwaves near GPS frequencies and vowing to use power levels that defer to existing standards for airline safety and performance.

Ligado was known as LightSquared until the company rebranded in February after emerging from bankruptcy and settling interference disputes with three GPS vendors. The company plans to file documents with the FCC in an effort to pave the way for it to build a next-generation network using its mid-band spectrum for use by third parties.

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