Globalstar's TLPS NOS Helps Assure No Interference, iPass Says

The network operating system for Globalstar's planned terrestrial low-power service helps assure there will be no interference with unlicensed spectrum, iPass CEO Gary Griffiths said in a letter posted Wednesday in FCC docket 13-213. The letter repeated support the Wi-Fi hot spot company had expressed earlier this year for Globalstar's plans to set up a private Wi-Fi channel in the 2.4 GHz band. In a filing earlier this month, Globalstar said its TLPS won't interfere with Wi-Fi, but any TLPS network operating system would include means for operators of licensed and unlicensed services to notify it of any possible interference (see 1509110018). That pledge "sets a path that can give the FCC and all other users of the band confidence that TLPS will be an innovative, pro-consumer compliment to existing use of this band," iPass said.