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:
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Senator Mary
Landrieu (D-LA) Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Senator Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (R-SC) Rep. Henry E. Brown (R-SC) Rep. David Davis (R-TN) Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL) Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) Rep. Vito J. Fossella (R-NY) Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) Rep. Howard P. McKeon (R-CA) Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR) Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN) Rep. David Scott (D-GA) Rep. John Barrow (D-GA) Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC) Rep. Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC) Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC) Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC) |
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) Rep. David Price (D-NC) Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) Rep. Ralph Hall (D-TX) Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) Rep. Dave Hobson (R-OH) Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-OH) Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) Rep. David Scott (D-GA) Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R-GA) Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL) Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME) Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME) Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
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