GPS critical for air traffic control, car navigation, and more
(NEWSER) - GPS and wireless Internet are two of the most-loved and most important tech advances of our time—but now a clash of frequencies is threatening a high-tech showdown. LightSquared is developing a $14 billion, 40,000-transmitter high-speed wireless Internet network, but that system bumps right up against GPS operating frequencies, touching at 1559 MHz, reports the Washington Post . The result: car navigation systems start to jam 3.5 miles from a LightSquared transmitter, and aviation GPS signals begin to jam from 14 miles away, according to an earlier report in the Las Vegas Sun . More»
