John Eggerton reports:
... "The underlying factual predicate of an unlicensed regime," [Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) head David Donovan] told a Media Institute audience in Washington Thursday, "is that there is no spectrum scarcity...no need for licensing. There are no limits on spectrum access. Spectrum is a function of improvements in the technology of interference avoidance." but, he said, that approach "challenges the factual predicate that underpins most of the content regulation for television broadcasting." ΒΆ Donovan said it was ironic that some of the same groups pushing for unlicensed devices in the broadcast band "continue to push regulatory policies that impose content restrictions and obligations on broadcasters... They cannot have it both ways." ...
Link: Broadcasting & Cable. Note: As of this date, Donovan's remarks are not available on the MSTV web site, but it may be later. Click here for the link to speechese and statements. --Dennis
Microsoft, Dell and Intel have been lobbying hard on Capital Hill for more unlicensed spectrum. Other than wireless broadband, have they expressed interest in using it for other purposes?
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That's all I've heard about also where these companies are concerned. --Dennis
Posted by: Jerry Garrett | Sunday, 19 November 2006 at 16:45