The company LightSquared is currently planning to deploy 40,000 ground stations. However, these ground stations will cause intereference with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology which is heavily relied on in a number of industries, including agriculture. A recent economic study found that if the ground stations are implemented, it would put 3.3 million U.S. jobs and $96 billion at risk.
The study also mentions that use of GPS is continuously growing and creating more jobs as well as economic benefits.
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