The twisted saga of LightSquared continues, with the mobile broadband operator – once tipped to be a significant disruptor of the US telcos’ cosy world – relaunching itself under a new name, Ligado Networks. Much has changed since LightSquared was forced to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012, and even more since 2010, when it originally set out its ambitious vision for a wholesale-only LTE network in L-band spectrum previously allocated to mobile satellite services (MSS). Now the cablecos look like the biggest threat to the wireless status quo, Dish is lurking with similar former satellite spectrum, and the industry is moving towards multiplay services, software defined networking and 5G. Ligado will need a lot more than a new name…