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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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March
24, 2008
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Dennis
Wharton
202-429-5350
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NAB
STATEMENT REGARDING GOOGLE'S PROPOSAL
ON INTERFERENCE-CAUSING UNLICENSED DEVICES
WASHINGTON,
DC -- NAB issued the following statement today on a Google
ex parte filing regarding a proposal to deploy unlicensed personal-portable
devices in the broadcast television band.
The following
statement can be attributed to NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton:
"We
are pleased that Google now seems to realize that spectrum sensing alone
won't protect viewers against interference from unlicensed devices. Unfortunately,
simply adding geolocation and beacon sensing does not mean that mobile
operation is suddenly feasible. Portable, mobile personal device operation
in the same band as TV broadcasting continues to be a guaranteed recipe
for producing interference and should not be allowed under any circumstances."
To date,
70 lawmakers have expressed concern over the use of unlicensed personal-portable
devices in the broadcast spectrum, including:
About
NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that advocates
on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and television stations
and also broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications
Commission and the Courts. Information about NAB can be found at www.nab.org.
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