NAB Meets With Commissioner Aides on Alternative to GPS

NAB touted a broadcaster alternative to GPS in meetings at the FCC on the draft notice of inquiry scheduled for a vote March 27 (see 2503060061). Deployment of a broadcast positioning system (BPS) as an alternative to GPS is mentioned in the NOI. NAB representatives met with aides to Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioner Anna Gomez. “NAB described its progress since it began developing BPS in 2020, following President [Donald] Trump’s Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services,” said a filing Thursday in docket 25-110. Since, “NAB has conducted a number of tests and has launched BPS signals on-air in four television markets. NAB described these deployments and our work with various government agencies to test and refine the system.”