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LightSquared Prospects; FCC Chair Wants Interference Cleared, Hits Back
at GPS
http://www.gpsworld.com/wireless/lightsquared-prospects-fcc-chair-wants-interference-cleared-hits-back-gps-11787
June 15, 2011 By: Janice Partyka
Wireless Pulse, June 2011
LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private
sector about GPS interference from LightSquared’s proposed wholesale LTE
service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interference
with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands and
little in the lower spectrum. The National Space-Based PNT Advisory
Board’s tests showed that some GPS receivers lost signal strength while
others were fully disabled by LightSquared's signal. FCC Chairman
Genachowski, under fire for granting LightSquared a conditional waiver,
has reiterated that he will not permit LightSquared to begin commercial
service without first resolving concerns about potential interference to
GPS devices.
Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the
LightSquared matter that the company was planning for some time to
deploy a major terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.”
Members of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board have stated that
they and the GPS community were not properly notified when the FCC
removed the limit on the number of base stations deployed on this
spectrum. And so it goes on. (See also LightSquared, FCC Rebuttals
Distort Record.)
Getting Intimate. Mobile phones are the most personal computing devices.
How personal? iPass conducted a study of 3,700 mobile employees at 1,000
enterprises worldwide. Sixty-one percent of these mobile workers sleep
with their smartphones and 43 percent of those within arm’s reach. It
gets worse. 58 percent of those that sleep with their phones at least
occasionally, check it during the night. Not surprisingly, almost a
third of mobile workers say their relationship with their smartphone
causes friction with their partner. I’d say.
Frienemies. In a newly extended agreement, Google will continue to
provide archrival Apple with map and search capabilities. This kills
rampant rumors that Apple will have a home-grown mapping database ready
in the near term. In March, AppleInsider discovered an Apple job listing
for an iOS Maps Application Developer to “radically improve” Apple’s
location-based services. Even for Apple, a mapping database will take
time to develop.
App Stores Aren’t the Holy Grail. App developers whose marketing
strategy starts and ends with getting onto app store “shelves” need a
reality check. With more than 200,000 apps on Google’s Android Market
and 350,000 on the Apple store, it is hard to stand out. According to
Distimo, 20 percent of free applications and 80 percent of all paid
applications have been downloaded less than 100 times in the Google
Android Market, worldwide. Ninety-six applications have been downloaded
more than 5 million times, with Google Maps the winner, with more than
50 million downloads in the Android Market.
Traffic Targeted. Navteq will begin delivering its traffic services in
Transport Protocol Expert Group (TPEG) standard format to enable
location-targeted traffic services with radius search capabilities and
user authentication and session management. The format allows more
targeted data to be delivered in smaller file sizes.
Mobile Advertising Flying High. Many of the location content providers
are counting on monetizing with mobile advertising, and things are
looking good. AdMob is receiving more than 2.7 billion mobile ad
requests daily, spanning more than 80,000 mobile applications and
websites. Now they are introducing ads for tablet formats. Ad Mob was
purchased by Google last year for $750 million.
Snippets
Nokia is ending the confusion of its dual names by killing the Ovi
brand. Ovi maps, Ovi e-mail, Ovi music, Ovi store, and other Ovi
products will continue to operate under the Nokia brand name.
Industry-backed Future of Privacy Forum is launching a new
ApplicationPrivacy.org website to help developers create their own
privacy policies. Location privacy concerns have so far been focused on
the big players like Apple and Google, but app providers have a critical
role.
Firefox for Android now includes a “do not track” tool that signals all
web pages, images and advertisers that the user doesn’t want to be tracked.
Taipei officials are ordering Apple and Google to offer free seven-day
mobile app trials in alignment with Taiwan’s Consumer Protection Act.
Google is raking in more than 97 percent of U.S. mobile search spending.
Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing share the remainder.
Monetizing with Nothing. The Inside Virtual Goods report estimates $1.6
billion dollars was spent by game players on virtual goods last year and
is predicting a 40 percent increase in 2011. There is a gender factor.
MocoSpace, mobile entertainment provider, reports that although the
percent of male players (53 percent) is only slightly higher than
female, men account for 90 percent of all virtual goods purchased in
their games. Can you lend me your sword, sir
at GPS
http://www.gpsworld.com/wireless/lightsquared-prospects-fcc-chair-wants-interference-cleared-hits-back-gps-11787
June 15, 2011 By: Janice Partyka
Wireless Pulse, June 2011
LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private
sector about GPS interference from LightSquared’s proposed wholesale LTE
service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interference
with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands and
little in the lower spectrum. The National Space-Based PNT Advisory
Board’s tests showed that some GPS receivers lost signal strength while
others were fully disabled by LightSquared's signal. FCC Chairman
Genachowski, under fire for granting LightSquared a conditional waiver,
has reiterated that he will not permit LightSquared to begin commercial
service without first resolving concerns about potential interference to
GPS devices.
Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the
LightSquared matter that the company was planning for some time to
deploy a major terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.”
Members of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board have stated that
they and the GPS community were not properly notified when the FCC
removed the limit on the number of base stations deployed on this
spectrum. And so it goes on. (See also LightSquared, FCC Rebuttals
Distort Record.)
Getting Intimate. Mobile phones are the most personal computing devices.
How personal? iPass conducted a study of 3,700 mobile employees at 1,000
enterprises worldwide. Sixty-one percent of these mobile workers sleep
with their smartphones and 43 percent of those within arm’s reach. It
gets worse. 58 percent of those that sleep with their phones at least
occasionally, check it during the night. Not surprisingly, almost a
third of mobile workers say their relationship with their smartphone
causes friction with their partner. I’d say.
Frienemies. In a newly extended agreement, Google will continue to
provide archrival Apple with map and search capabilities. This kills
rampant rumors that Apple will have a home-grown mapping database ready
in the near term. In March, AppleInsider discovered an Apple job listing
for an iOS Maps Application Developer to “radically improve” Apple’s
location-based services. Even for Apple, a mapping database will take
time to develop.
App Stores Aren’t the Holy Grail. App developers whose marketing
strategy starts and ends with getting onto app store “shelves” need a
reality check. With more than 200,000 apps on Google’s Android Market
and 350,000 on the Apple store, it is hard to stand out. According to
Distimo, 20 percent of free applications and 80 percent of all paid
applications have been downloaded less than 100 times in the Google
Android Market, worldwide. Ninety-six applications have been downloaded
more than 5 million times, with Google Maps the winner, with more than
50 million downloads in the Android Market.
Traffic Targeted. Navteq will begin delivering its traffic services in
Transport Protocol Expert Group (TPEG) standard format to enable
location-targeted traffic services with radius search capabilities and
user authentication and session management. The format allows more
targeted data to be delivered in smaller file sizes.
Mobile Advertising Flying High. Many of the location content providers
are counting on monetizing with mobile advertising, and things are
looking good. AdMob is receiving more than 2.7 billion mobile ad
requests daily, spanning more than 80,000 mobile applications and
websites. Now they are introducing ads for tablet formats. Ad Mob was
purchased by Google last year for $750 million.
Snippets
Nokia is ending the confusion of its dual names by killing the Ovi
brand. Ovi maps, Ovi e-mail, Ovi music, Ovi store, and other Ovi
products will continue to operate under the Nokia brand name.
Industry-backed Future of Privacy Forum is launching a new
ApplicationPrivacy.org website to help developers create their own
privacy policies. Location privacy concerns have so far been focused on
the big players like Apple and Google, but app providers have a critical
role.
Firefox for Android now includes a “do not track” tool that signals all
web pages, images and advertisers that the user doesn’t want to be tracked.
Taipei officials are ordering Apple and Google to offer free seven-day
mobile app trials in alignment with Taiwan’s Consumer Protection Act.
Google is raking in more than 97 percent of U.S. mobile search spending.
Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing share the remainder.
Monetizing with Nothing. The Inside Virtual Goods report estimates $1.6
billion dollars was spent by game players on virtual goods last year and
is predicting a 40 percent increase in 2011. There is a gender factor.
MocoSpace, mobile entertainment provider, reports that although the
percent of male players (53 percent) is only slightly higher than
female, men account for 90 percent of all virtual goods purchased in
their games. Can you lend me your sword, sir
x-post to Garmin, etc -
> June 15, 2011 By: Janice Partyka
> Wireless Pulse, June 2011
> LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private
> sector about GPS interference from LightSquared’s proposed wholesale LTE
> service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interference
> with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands and
> little in the lower spectrum. The National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board’s
> tests showed that some GPS receivers lost signal strength while others
> were fully disabled by LightSquared's signal. FCC Chairman Genachowski,
> under fire for granting LightSquared a conditional waiver, has reiterated
> that he will not permit LightSquared to begin commercial service without
> first resolving concerns about potential interference to GPS devices.
> Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
> Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the LightSquared
> matter that the company was planning for some time to deploy a major
> terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.” Members of the
> National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board have stated that they and the GPS
> community were not properly notified when the FCC removed the limit on the
> number of base stations deployed on this spectrum. And so it goes on. (See
> also LightSquared, FCC Rebuttals Distort Record.)
> Getting Intimate. Mobile phones are the most personal computing devices.
> How personal? iPass conducted a study of 3,700 mobile employees at 1,000
> enterprises worldwide. Sixty-one percent of these mobile workers sleep
> with their smartphones and 43 percent of those within arm’s reach. It gets
> worse. 58 percent of those that sleep with their phones at least
> occasionally, check it during the night. Not surprisingly, almost a third
> of mobile workers say their relationship with their smartphone causes
> friction with their partner. I’d say.
> Frienemies. In a newly extended agreement, Google will continue to provide
> archrival Apple with map and search capabilities. This kills rampant
> rumors that Apple will have a home-grown mapping database ready in the
> near term. In March, AppleInsider discovered an Apple job listing for an
> iOS Maps Application Developer to “radically improve” Apple’s
> location-based services. Even for Apple, a mapping database will take time
> to develop.
> App Stores Aren’t the Holy Grail. App developers whose marketing strategy
> starts and ends with getting onto app store “shelves” need a reality
> check. With more than 200,000 apps on Google’s Android Market and 350,000
> on the Apple store, it is hard to stand out. According to Distimo, 20
> percent of free applications and 80 percent of all paid applications have
> been downloaded less than 100 times in the Google Android Market,
> worldwide. Ninety-six applications have been downloaded more than 5
> million times, with Google Maps the winner, with more than 50 million
> downloads in the Android Market.
> Traffic Targeted. Navteq will begin delivering its traffic services in
> Transport Protocol Expert Group (TPEG) standard format to enable
> location-targeted traffic services with radius search capabilities and
> user authentication and session management. The format allows more
> targeted data to be delivered in smaller file sizes.
> Mobile Advertising Flying High. Many of the location content providers are
> counting on monetizing with mobile advertising, and things are looking
> good. AdMob is receiving more than 2.7 billion mobile ad requests daily,
> spanning more than 80,000 mobile applications and websites. Now they are
> introducing ads for tablet formats. Ad Mob was purchased by Google last
> year for $750 million.
> Snippets
> Nokia is ending the confusion of its dual names by killing the Ovi brand.
> Ovi maps, Ovi e-mail, Ovi music, Ovi store, and other Ovi products will
> continue to operate under the Nokia brand name.
> Industry-backed Future of Privacy Forum is launching a new
> ApplicationPrivacy.org website to help developers create their own privacy
> policies. Location privacy concerns have so far been focused on the big
> players like Apple and Google, but app providers have a critical role.
> Firefox for Android now includes a “do not track” tool that signals all
> web pages, images and advertisers that the user doesn’t want to be
> tracked.
> Taipei officials are ordering Apple and Google to offer free seven-day
> mobile app trials in alignment with Taiwan’s Consumer Protection Act.
> Google is raking in more than 97 percent of U.S. mobile search spending.
> Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing share the remainder.
> Monetizing with Nothing. The Inside Virtual Goods report estimates $1.6
> billion dollars was spent by game players on virtual goods last year and
> is predicting a 40 percent increase in 2011. There is a gender factor.
> MocoSpace, mobile entertainment provider, reports that although the
> percent of male players (53 percent) is only slightly higher than female,
> men account for 90 percent of all virtual goods purchased in their games.
> Can you lend me your sword, sir
> Wireless Pulse, June 2011
> LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private
> sector about GPS interference from LightSquared’s proposed wholesale LTE
> service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interference
> with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands and
> little in the lower spectrum. The National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board’s
> tests showed that some GPS receivers lost signal strength while others
> were fully disabled by LightSquared's signal. FCC Chairman Genachowski,
> under fire for granting LightSquared a conditional waiver, has reiterated
> that he will not permit LightSquared to begin commercial service without
> first resolving concerns about potential interference to GPS devices.
> Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
> Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the LightSquared
> matter that the company was planning for some time to deploy a major
> terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.” Members of the
> National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board have stated that they and the GPS
> community were not properly notified when the FCC removed the limit on the
> number of base stations deployed on this spectrum. And so it goes on. (See
> also LightSquared, FCC Rebuttals Distort Record.)
> Getting Intimate. Mobile phones are the most personal computing devices.
> How personal? iPass conducted a study of 3,700 mobile employees at 1,000
> enterprises worldwide. Sixty-one percent of these mobile workers sleep
> with their smartphones and 43 percent of those within arm’s reach. It gets
> worse. 58 percent of those that sleep with their phones at least
> occasionally, check it during the night. Not surprisingly, almost a third
> of mobile workers say their relationship with their smartphone causes
> friction with their partner. I’d say.
> Frienemies. In a newly extended agreement, Google will continue to provide
> archrival Apple with map and search capabilities. This kills rampant
> rumors that Apple will have a home-grown mapping database ready in the
> near term. In March, AppleInsider discovered an Apple job listing for an
> iOS Maps Application Developer to “radically improve” Apple’s
> location-based services. Even for Apple, a mapping database will take time
> to develop.
> App Stores Aren’t the Holy Grail. App developers whose marketing strategy
> starts and ends with getting onto app store “shelves” need a reality
> check. With more than 200,000 apps on Google’s Android Market and 350,000
> on the Apple store, it is hard to stand out. According to Distimo, 20
> percent of free applications and 80 percent of all paid applications have
> been downloaded less than 100 times in the Google Android Market,
> worldwide. Ninety-six applications have been downloaded more than 5
> million times, with Google Maps the winner, with more than 50 million
> downloads in the Android Market.
> Traffic Targeted. Navteq will begin delivering its traffic services in
> Transport Protocol Expert Group (TPEG) standard format to enable
> location-targeted traffic services with radius search capabilities and
> user authentication and session management. The format allows more
> targeted data to be delivered in smaller file sizes.
> Mobile Advertising Flying High. Many of the location content providers are
> counting on monetizing with mobile advertising, and things are looking
> good. AdMob is receiving more than 2.7 billion mobile ad requests daily,
> spanning more than 80,000 mobile applications and websites. Now they are
> introducing ads for tablet formats. Ad Mob was purchased by Google last
> year for $750 million.
> Snippets
> Nokia is ending the confusion of its dual names by killing the Ovi brand.
> Ovi maps, Ovi e-mail, Ovi music, Ovi store, and other Ovi products will
> continue to operate under the Nokia brand name.
> Industry-backed Future of Privacy Forum is launching a new
> ApplicationPrivacy.org website to help developers create their own privacy
> policies. Location privacy concerns have so far been focused on the big
> players like Apple and Google, but app providers have a critical role.
> Firefox for Android now includes a “do not track” tool that signals all
> web pages, images and advertisers that the user doesn’t want to be
> tracked.
> Taipei officials are ordering Apple and Google to offer free seven-day
> mobile app trials in alignment with Taiwan’s Consumer Protection Act.
> Google is raking in more than 97 percent of U.S. mobile search spending.
> Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing share the remainder.
> Monetizing with Nothing. The Inside Virtual Goods report estimates $1.6
> billion dollars was spent by game players on virtual goods last year and
> is predicting a 40 percent increase in 2011. There is a gender factor.
> MocoSpace, mobile entertainment provider, reports that although the
> percent of male players (53 percent) is only slightly higher than female,
> men account for 90 percent of all virtual goods purchased in their games.
> Can you lend me your sword, sir
On 2011-06-15 20:22 , ps56k wrote:
As an other poster has pointed out on a couple occasions it will be=20
supremely ironic if quality and safety of the GPS signal is better=20
outside the US than inside the US due to Lightsquared distortion of reali=
ty.
--=20
gmail originated posts filtered due to spam.
> x-post to Garmin, etc -
>> LightSquared Prospects; FCC Chair Wants Interference Cleared, Hits Bac=
k at
>> GPS
>> http://www.gpsworld.com/wireless/lightsquared-prospects-fcc-chair-want=
s-interference-cleared-hits-back-gps-11787
>> http://www.gpsworld.com/wireless/lightsquared-prospects-fcc-chair-want=
>> June 15, 2011 By: Janice Partyka
>> Wireless Pulse, June 2011
>> LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private=
>> Wireless Pulse, June 2011
>> LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private=
>> sector about GPS interference from LightSquared=92s proposed wholesale=
LTE
>> service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interferenc=
e
>> with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands an=
d
>> little in the lower spectrum. The National Space-Based PNT Advisory Bo=
ard=92s
>> tests showed that some GPS receivers lost signal strength while others=
>> were fully disabled by LightSquared's signal. FCC Chairman Genachowski=
,
>> under fire for granting LightSquared a conditional waiver, has reitera=
ted
>> that he will not permit LightSquared to begin commercial service witho=
ut
>> first resolving concerns about potential interference to GPS devices.
>> Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
>> Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the LightSqu=
ared
>> Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
>> Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the LightSqu=
>> matter that the company was planning for some time to deploy a major
>> terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.=94 Members of the=
>> terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.=94 Members of the=
>> National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board have stated that they and the =
GPS
>> community were not properly notified when the FCC removed the limit on=
the
>> number of base stations deployed on this spectrum. And so it goes on. =
(See
>> also LightSquared, FCC Rebuttals Distort Record.)
As an other poster has pointed out on a couple occasions it will be=20
supremely ironic if quality and safety of the GPS signal is better=20
outside the US than inside the US due to Lightsquared distortion of reali=
ty.
--=20
gmail originated posts filtered due to spam.
On 6/15/2011, Alan Browne posted:
On the hopeful side, there was a piece on NPR news a couple of days ago
abut the LightSquared interference with GPS.
With any luck, a publicity storm will develop that will prevent the
catastrophe.
--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
> On 2011-06-15 20:22 , ps56k wrote:
>> x-post to Garmin, etc -
>>> LightSquared Prospects; FCC Chair Wants Interference Cleared, Hits Back at
>>> GPS
>>>
http://www.gpsworld.com/wireless/lightsquared-prospects-fcc-chair-wants-interference-cleared-hits-back-gps-11787
>>> GPS
>>>
>>> June 15, 2011 By: Janice Partyka
>>> Wireless Pulse, June 2011
>>> LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private
>>> sector about GPS interference from LightSquaredā€™s proposed wholesale LTE
>>> service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interference
>>> with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands and
>>> little in the lower spectrum. The National Space-Based PNT Advisory
>>> Boardā€™s
>>> tests showed that some GPS receivers lost signal strength while others
>>> were fully disabled by LightSquared's signal. FCC Chairman Genachowski,
>>> under fire for granting LightSquared a conditional waiver, has reiterated
>>> that he will not permit LightSquared to begin commercial service without
>>> first resolving concerns about potential interference to GPS devices.
>>> Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
>>> Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the LightSquared
>>> matter that the company was planning for some time to deploy a major
>>> terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.ā€¯ Members of the
>>> National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board have stated that they and the GPS
>>> community were not properly notified when the FCC removed the limit on the
>>> number of base stations deployed on this spectrum. And so it goes on. (See
>>> also LightSquared, FCC Rebuttals Distort Record.)
>>> Wireless Pulse, June 2011
>>> LightSquared Prospects Dimming. Concerns by government and the private
>>> sector about GPS interference from LightSquaredā€™s proposed wholesale LTE
>>> service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interference
>>> with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands and
>>> little in the lower spectrum. The National Space-Based PNT Advisory
>>> Boardā€™s
>>> tests showed that some GPS receivers lost signal strength while others
>>> were fully disabled by LightSquared's signal. FCC Chairman Genachowski,
>>> under fire for granting LightSquared a conditional waiver, has reiterated
>>> that he will not permit LightSquared to begin commercial service without
>>> first resolving concerns about potential interference to GPS devices.
>>> Genachowski hit back at the GPS community in a letter to Sen. Charles
>>> Grassley, "It should be no surprise to anyone involved in the LightSquared
>>> matter that the company was planning for some time to deploy a major
>>> terrestrial network in the spectrum adjacent to GPS.ā€¯ Members of the
>>> National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board have stated that they and the GPS
>>> community were not properly notified when the FCC removed the limit on the
>>> number of base stations deployed on this spectrum. And so it goes on. (See
>>> also LightSquared, FCC Rebuttals Distort Record.)
> As an other poster has pointed out on a couple occasions it will be supremely
> ironic if quality and safety of the GPS signal is better outside the US than
> inside the US due to Lightsquared distortion of reality.
> ironic if quality and safety of the GPS signal is better outside the US than
> inside the US due to Lightsquared distortion of reality.
On the hopeful side, there was a piece on NPR news a couple of days ago
abut the LightSquared interference with GPS.
With any luck, a publicity storm will develop that will prevent the
catastrophe.
--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
> GPS
>