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Ligado paused its plans to deploy the terrestrial network in 2022 after a review by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concluded the network would likely interfere with some GPS signals and Iridium’s L-band connectivity services.
Ligado Networks filed a lawsuit in October 2023 seeking $40,000,000,000 from the United States and a group of federal agencies over derailed plans to deploy assigned L-band satellite spectrum terrestrially.
Ligado Networks is collaborating with Japan-based network operator Rakuten Mobile on private network plans and aims to deploy field trials over the next 12 months.