CTIA–The Wireless Association® Raises Concerns About DTV Transition Delay

WASHINGTON, DC – CTIA - The Wireless Association® spokesman Joe Farren issued the following statement today in response to the President-Elect Transition Team’s call for an extension of the Digital Television (DTV) Transition date: 

“We are concerned that a delay of the transition date could postpone investment in and deployment of broadband wireless services and decrease confidence in the auction model for spectrum allocation that has generated billions for the U.S. Treasury.  In the midst of the current economic struggle, these are important considerations.

“Educating Americans on the upcoming transition and making affordable digital converter boxes available has and continues to be an integral part of the transition process.  Additionally, the answer to the potential shortfall in the DTV converter box program is not a delay in the transition, but rather immediate action by Congress to provide for additional converter boxes.”

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