US telecommunications company LightSquared has said that it will use a different set of airwaves to prevent interference with the signals of the GPS systems in the US.

As a apart of its ‘comprehensive solution’, LightSquared will use spectrum or airwaves offered by satellite company Inmarsat Plc (ISAT).

LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja told Bloomberg that the plan would "resolve 99.5 per cent of the GPS receiver problems"

"This should resolve interference challenges for 99.5 percent of GPS receivers in this country," said Ahuja, adding, "We believe this clears the path for us to move forward with a coast-to-coast broadband network launch."

In January, LightSquared was given the approval to build a high-speed wireless network across the country by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The FCC’s approval is part of the wider plan of the government to cover at least 92% of the US with high speed wireless broadband network by 2015.

Researchers have been raising concerns over the company’s plans to use a particular 10 MHz block of frequencies to build a nationwide 4G wireless broadband network.

In April this year, experts warned that the new ultra-fast wireless Internet network being built by LightSquared could drown out GPS signals and interfere with everything from aircraft to police and civilian navigation devices.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and LightSquared both insisted the network can work alongside GPS systems. But makers of GPS devices rubbished such claims, forcing the government to promise that it won’t let LightSquared launch the network until the possible interference with GPS systems is resolved.

In June, new government test results showed that LightSquared’s network would use airwaves adjacent to those used by GPS, which could disrupt GPS signals. LightSquared executive vice-president Jeffrey Carlisle had then said that such tests were unsurprising and that both services could co-exist. He had added that it was important to find a solution to the interference.

A new study conducted by LightSquared and the GPS industry found that by switching to another 10 MHz block of the spectrum which were further away from the GPS frequencies reduced the risk for interference.

"This is a solution which ensures that tens of millions of GPS users won’t be affected by LightSquared’s launch," said Ahuja.

"At the same time, this plan offers a clear path for LightSquared to move forward with the launch of a nationwide wireless network that will introduce world class broadband service to rural and underserved areas which still find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide," he added.

The announcement by LightSquared comes at a time when the company and Sprint Nextel are finalising an agreement that will enable LightSquared to use Sprint Nextel infrastructure in its project.