LCC Deploys Terrestrial Repeater Network For XM Satellite

McLean, VA-based LCC International Inc. has received an approximate $5 million contract extension from Washington, DC-based XM Satellite Radio Inc. Under the new agreement, LCC will deploy a terrestrial repeater network for XM Radio. XM Radio will use this network to augment its coast-to-coast satellite network, which delivers music, talk, news, and sports to users across the US.

LCC first began working with XM Radio in February of 1999. At the time, XM commissioned LCC to perform preliminary RF design, site acquisition, zoning, and construction analysis and to determine deployment and leasing requirements for XM's network.

The extension calls for LCC to increase its level of activity from defining the technical requirements for XM's satellite terrestrial repeater network in an initial 30 markets to now include preliminary services in the remaining 40 markets of XM's coast-to-coast network. In addition to the continuation of the preliminary design and implementation work, LCC will begin actual deployment activities in five major markets around the country.