Verizon Crossing Fingers for FCC Waiver

VERIZON CROSSING FINGERS FOR FCC WAIVER
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Todd Spangler]
Once the Federal Communications Commission signaled in January that it wouldn't grant many exemptions to the July 1 ban on set-tops with integrated security, cable companies and their vendors scrambled to get ready to meet the deadline. Verizon Communications does not appear to have done the same. As it stands now, the set-top boxes Verizon is deploying as part of FiOS TV service -- Motorola’s QIP series -- are not capable of accepting removable CableCARDs to meet the requirements of the FCC ban, according to Motorola.
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