Agencies Keep Listening to NTIA 'Legal Nonsense': Ligado

Many federal agencies continue to follow the "legal nonsense" from the NTIA indicating they don't have to work with Ligado while there are outstanding petitions for reconsideration of the FCC's license modification approval, Ligado said in a docket 11-109 quarterly status report posted Thursday. It said it contacted agencies about assessing whether they have GPS devices that might need repair or replacement, but only one has engaged with it. "It is surprising that government agencies that just last year claimed to be concerned about their devices are unwilling to take Ligado up on its offer," it said. Ligado said it relocated its GPS augmentation services to frequencies above 1545 MHz to protect GPS. It said the move means more protection for high-precision devices, since augmentation signals will have a 9 MHz guard band protecting them from Ligado's future terrestrial operations. NTIA didn't comment.