LightSquared Would Ruin Aviation With System, Carriers Say

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Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. wireless service would have “ruinous effects” on aviation because of signal interference and its plan for a nationwide data network should be withdrawn, an airline trade group said.

“This matter needs to be put to rest,” Thomas Hendricks, senior vice president at Airlines for America, said today in written testimony submitted for a U.S. House hearing.