Topcon Latest GPS Company to Sign Off on Ligado TLPS Plans

Another GPS equipment maker now has no objections to Ligado's proposed broadband terrestrial low-power service. In an ex parte filing Tuesday in docket 11-109 signed by Topcon Positioning Systems Chief Strategy Officer Ivan Di Federico and Ligado CEO Doug Smith, Topcon said it now supports the FCC granting Ligado's license modifications because the two companies have an agreement that would involve coordination before Ligado's network deployment and mitigation efforts. The Topcon agreement follows similar agreements between Ligado and GPS firms Deere, Trimble, Garmin and NovAtel (see 1602040015 and 1606280067).