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The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2020\/04\/10\/fcc-to-approve-spectrum-plan-that-pentagon-claims-will-harm-gps\/\" target=\"_blank\">FCC in 2020 granted Ligado\u2019s application<\/a> to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/12\/28\/ligado-investors-should-be-scared-of-its-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">ranking member James Inhofe, R-Okla.<\/a>, and six other bipartisan senators have sent a letter to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and her fellow commissioners asking they \u201cstay and reconsider the FCC\u2019s order granting the applications\u201d for Ligado to deploy its wireless network using the same L-band frequencies as GPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe remain gravely concerned that the Ligado Order fails to adequately protect adjacent band operations \u2014 including those related to GPS and satellite communications \u2014 from harmful interference impacting countless military and commercial activities,\u201d the senators wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans Michael Rounds of South Dakota and Dan Sullivan of Alaska joined Democrats Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in signing the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ligado Networks did not reply to Defense News\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a dozen federal agencies and departments urged the FCC not to approve the Ligado order prior to its 2020 decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Telecommunications and Information Administration led a coalition of federal agencies and departments urging the FCC to stay the order, citing the same concerns on the potential impact to GPS networks. The Defense Department and Transportation Department were among those who joined the National Telecommunications and Information Administration\u2019s petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the FCC voted 3-2 last year to deny the petition, allowing Ligado Networks to proceed with establishing its terrestrial wireless network as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several companies, especially in the defense and transportation industries, have also urged the FCC to reverse its decision. 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