The LightSquared Controversy Goes Politica

摘要

U.S. lawmakers looking to make political hay out of the LightSquared controversy are jeopardizing the company's chances for a fair hearing as it seeks to mitigate the GPS signal interference problem posed by its proposed satellite-terrestrial broadband network. House Republicans charge that LightSquared curried favor with the White House and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through cash donations to the Democratic Party. The FCC approved LightSquared's system in 2003 and has since relaxed some of the conditions originally imposed in the company's operating license.