What a tangled web we weave. . . Don Charles P. Steinmetz > Rob wrote: > >>Javad got into bed with Lightsquared and now things are not working as >>planned he is throwing his toys out of the pram. > > Javad was hoping to profit from making (and/or perhaps licensing the > technology to make) retrofit filters. Some would have been paid for > by LS (presumably at wholesale), but the vast majority would have > been sold at retail to GPS users. Call it piggyback speculation > (Javad speculating on LS's speculation on the possibility of putting > cheap Mobile Satellite Service ("MSS") spectrum to a much > higher-valued use and reaping a windfall). > > I love that LS is suggesting that if it is not allowed to go forward > with its terrestrial network it should either be reimbursed for its > "losses" or be given other spectrum in exchange that it can use for > the terrestrial network. (I.e., LS has the balls to suggest that > taxpayers should guarantee its speculation. Have the past 5 years > taught us nothing?) LS paid a fair price for MSS spectrum (which is > relatively inexpensive because the market for MSS services has never > developed). It can still operate an MSS network, or sell the > spectrum to someone else who wants to operate an MSS network. It > still has the full value of the MSS spectrum, which it acquired at > MSS prices, and has lost nothing (except many millions in legal fees > fighting for authorization to build its terrestrial network). > > Best regards, > > Charles > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >
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