Broadband Breakfast
MAY 9, 2025
” The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry into Positioning, Navigation, and Timing technologies that could complement or serve as a backup to the Global Positioning System. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.
Broadband Breakfast
JULY 25, 2025
NextNav is seeking to use parts of the unlicensed 900 MHz band for its terrestrial Global Positioning System, which it argues will serve as a vital backup to the satellite based one. Many incumbent users of the band have argued that NextNav’s proposal would cause interference with their own systems.
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Broadband Breakfast
JULY 3, 2025
A petition by NextNav currently pending before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposes to realign this band to support a terrestrial Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) system to complement the Global Positioning System (GPS). This Expert Opinion is Exclusive to Broadband Breakfast.
Broadband Breakfast
MARCH 12, 2025
As noted in a National Security Space Association report , China and Russia already have terrestrial complements to space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), decades after the U.S. originally invented the Global Positioning System (GPS). Government officials are sounding the alarm about how far the U.S.
Broadband Breakfast
MARCH 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission moved Thursday to open an inquiry into alternatives or backups to the Global Positioning System. That’s not the FCC’s only consideration for a ground-based system, though.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 25, 2025
The L-band, which utilizes waves in the 1-2 GHz frequency, has a unique ability to penetrate clouds and bad weather conditions, which made it perfect for use in supporting global positioning systems and satellite communications. A Ligado official did not return a voice mail message seeking comment.
Broadband Breakfast
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Global Positioning System in the form of Russia’s GLONASS and China’s BeiDou, with the latter using a mixture of low Earth orbit , middle Earth orbit and geosynchronous satellites to maintain a robust communications and positioning network. Both nations have formulated answers to the U.S.
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