House Commitee Hearing on Lightsquared TODAY 1PM

Washington, Oct 11 –

Today, the House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing entitled, “LightSquared: The Impact to Small Business GPS Users.” The hearing will take place in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

The hearing will focus on the impact on small businesses that may result from LightSquared’s use of its spectrum to provide broadband service near the Global Positioning System (GPS).  Small businesses, including farmers, construction contractors, surveyors, and the general aviation industry, rely on the accuracy of GPS.  Potential interference with GPS raises significant concerns to these small businesses. 

“Thousands of small businesses, like farmers, construction workers and the aviation industry, rely on an accurate GPS signal for their day-to-day operations, and potential interference could severely handicap or impair their business,” said Chairman Graves. “LightSquared’s proposal raises a number of concerns for many small businesses that rely on GPS.  Therefore, it is important that Congress conducts hearings like this to examine all possible problems before LightSquared’s requested spectrum is approved.”

LightSquared: The Impact to Small Business GPS Users

   WHEN:          TODAY, Wednesday, October 12, 2011
                         1:00 p.m. ET

   WHERE:        2360 Rayburn House Office Building  

   VIDEO:          The hearing will be broadcast live on C-SPAN3 and webcasted HERE.