The Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO), a coalition of 13 national professional societies, trade associations, and membership organizations in the geospatial field, has sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to express their collective concerns with the Federal Communications Commission’s approval of Ligado Networks proposal that would impact GPS/GNSS data acquisition, processing, and use.
In a press release dated April 22, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee states “The FCC granted Ligado (formerly known as LightSquared) permission to repurpose spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies for a terrestrial cellular network — framing this proposal as essential to “winning the race to 5G.” But what Ligado has done is conflate two different and important spectrum issues: the sharing of mid-band 5G spectrum by the Department of Defense and commercial industry, and harmful interference of Ligado’s signal with the low-band GPS signals used in nearly every aspect of daily life. The result: some members of Congress, members of the administration, and the public are now confused about the real and immediate impacts of Ligado’s proposal.”
The letter written by COGO is linked here.
“The Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) is a group of geospatial organizations representing diverse sectors of the geospatial community. The stakeholder groups that make up COGO speak with one voice wherever possible on geospatial data and policy issues. In accordance with its operating procedures, COGO only takes public policy positions with a unanimous vote of its member organizations.
The Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) is a coalition of 13 national professional societies, trade associations, and membership organizations in the geospatial field, representing more than 170,000 individual producers and users of geospatial data and technology.” – https://cogo.pro/