Technologie i telekomunikacja · 17.06.2003

Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices

This document initiates a rulemaking reassessing the retail market for navigation devices and the need for the upcoming July 1, 2006 ban on integrated navigation devices. This reassessment is needed to determine whether the July 1, 2006 ban on integrated navigation devices remains appropriate or is no longer necessary as a result of ongoing industry negotiations for a bidirectional specification for digital cable receivers and products. This rulemaking is initiated pursuant to Section 629 of the Communications Act which directs the Commission to adopt regulations to assure the commercial availability of navigation devices equipment used by consumers to access services from multichannel video programming distributors.