Harbinger Capital Partners has announced a partnership with telecommunications visionary Sanjiv Ahuja and he has also been selected as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company's new, nationwide 4G-LTE wireless broadband company. The new company, in addition to controlling access to 13 Mhz of terrestrial spectrum, has a controlling interest in SkyTerra Communications, Inc., an L-band (MSS) company.

The new company will build the first LTE network to combine a terrestrial wireless broadband network with nexgen satellite technology to provide nationwide wireless broadband connectivity. The company's wholesale-only business model will enable unprecedented new, competitive business opportunities in the wireless broadband market while spurring the development of countless new wireless devices, applications and services.

Ahuja, 53, brings a successful track record to the new company and will lead the development and deployment of the network's nationwide rollout. Ahuja was chief executive officer of Orange from 2004 through 2007, during which time he served as a member of the board of Orange SA and of France Telecom's Group Management Committee. During his leadership, the Orange customer base grew from 48 million to more than 100 million subscribers globally. In 2007, Ahuja founded Augere, a company delivering affordable wireless broadband to underserved customers in developing markets such as Bangladesh and Pakistan. He is also the founder and chairman of Eaton Telecom, a telecommunications infrastructure company with a presence in 12 African countries. Ahuja will be based in New York City.