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4G Network ‘Will Create GPS Dead Zones Across the US’

02/25/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

In 5 kilometers, please pull over and read a map.

“WHAT would you rather have – a superfast data connection on your cellphone, or a reliable GPS signal to pinpoint your location? If a plan to install a network of base stations for the new 4G mobile wireless protocol goes ahead, it may mean you can have one but not the other.

GPS satellites transmit their navigation signals in the range 1559 to 1610 megahertz. Telecoms firm LightSquared of Reston, Virginia, has long communicated with its satellites using low-power signals in the adjacent frequency band, from 1525 to 1559 MHz, part of the “L band”. Despite the closeness of the frequencies, satnav receivers have so far operated without any interference problems.” Read more.

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