other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2003-06-17 · Effective 2003-07-17 · 68 FR 35818
Document
Document number
03-15187
Federal Register citation
68 FR 35818
CFR reference
47 CFR 76
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2003-06-17
Effective date
2003-07-17
FCC docket
CS Docket No. 97-80
Abstract
This document amends the Commission's rules to extend the January 1, 2005 ban on integrated navigation devices until July 1, 2006. This extension is needed since the state of the navigation devices market will be significantly impacted by ongoing industry negotiations for a bidirectional specification for digital cable receivers and products, rendering compliance with the existing January 1, 2005 ban impracticable. This action is taken 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.