CEA and High Tech DTV Coalition Issue Report Against Alternative Spectrum Allocation Proposal

CEA and High Tech DTV Coalition Issue Report Against Alternative ... ARLINGTON, Va.-(Business Wire)-February 6, 2007 - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(R)) and the High Tech DTV Coalition today released a report detailing critical dangers in an alternative spectrum allocation proposal by a private business venture, Cyren Call. As lawmakers and policymakers consider public safety communications and interoperability issues, this economic analysis of the Cyren Call proposal cautions lawmakers not to threaten public safety access to vital spectrum by disrupting the delicate bipartisan balance struck in the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (DTV and Public Safety Act)... Note: Harlin McEwen, of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, responded to the High Tech DTV Coalition as follows in several trade publications: “I am disappointed in the position that has been taken by the High Tech DTV Coalition. My quick review of the report that the Coalition paid Criterion Economics to prepare is full of false assumptions and innuendo and as far as I know the authors have little or no background in public safety communications, I will be testifying at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday February 8th and will be addressing the reasons why public safety believes the Public Safety Broadband Trust proposal will be of great benefit to public safety.”