MUNICH — LightSquared, the startup satellite-terrestrial mobile broadband firm that already has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its system, on March 3 began a series of meetings with government and industry officials representing the U.S. GPS navigation system to answer what for both sides is a multibillion-dollar question: Can LightSquared’s use of L-band frequencies near GPS’s operating spectrum be tailored so that it does not wipe out GPS signals for users anywhere near LightSquared’s terrestrial towers?

This post is only available to members.

Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.