On The Communicators, this is the second part of our look at LightSquared, a company building a national wireless broadband network. Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee and Jim Kirkland, founding member of the Coalition to Save our GPS are critical of LightSquared's goals and business practices. Also joining the discussion was Fred Schulte, senior reporter for iwatch news - who has followed the LightSquared story and reported on email exchanges between the White House and company officials.
In Part 1 of this series, LightSquared’s CEO Sanjiv Ahuja was on the program defending his business and his network, which might interfere with GPS global positioning equipment, including some used by the military.
As President Obama is pushing investment in national broadband infrastructure, some Republicans in Congress are comparing LightSquared with the solar company Solyndra and alleging cronyism between the Obama Administration and the the company.
The Communicators airs Saturday at 6:30 pm ET on C‑SPAN and Monday at 8 am and 8 pm ET on C‑SPAN 2.