CEA Opposes Waiver For DTA Devices

The Consumer Electronics Association said Evolution Broadband’s digital-to-analog cable converters should not be granted an exception to the Federal Communication Commission’s separable-security mandate, alleging in a filing with the agency that such a waiver would “harm the public interest.” Evolution Broadband in May asked the FCC for a three-year waiver to the agency’s separable security mandate. The company said a waiver would allow its customers to deploy digital-to-analog (DTA) adapters and convert their systems to all-digital operation. For example, Massillon Cable TV in northeast Ohio is in the middle of phasing out analog service—to unlock as much as 500 Megahertz of spectrum—using some 100,000 DTA devices from Evolution. In its June 16 filing, the CEA said: “This is not the time to be introducing new security technologies that are not disclosed or available to competitive entrants, and that cannot be implemented competitively on a nationally portable basis.”
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