Mexico Authorizes Transition to HD Radio(TM) Broadcasting for Stations
Within 320 Kilometers of Country's Northern Border with the U.S.
May 21, 2008 7:00 AM EDT
COLUMBIA, Md., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Mexico's Federal
Telecommunications Commission (CoFeTel) announced last week that it is
authorizing radio stations within 320 kilometers (200 miles) from its
border with the United States to begin transmitting with digital HD
Radio technology.
In an official statement, the CoFeTel said: "Que tomando en cuenta el
grado de desarrollo e implementacion del sistema IBOC en los Estados
Unidos de America, se requiere que Mexico instrumente acciones
decisivas, para que los concesionarios y permisionarios de
radiodifusion sonora mexicanos ubicados en la zona de 320 kilometros
dentro de la frontera norte de Mexico, puedan realizar sus
transmisiones en igualdad de condiciones tecnologicas, en beneficio de
la calidad del servicio que proporcionan al publico radioescucha."
The translation is: "Considering the extent of the development and
implementation of the IBOC system in the United States of America,
Mexico is required to take decisive action so that [the country's AM
and FM radio stations] in the zone located within 320 kilometers of
the northern border of Mexico can transmit at the same technological
level so that they can provide the benefits of quality service to the
radio listening public." It went on to state that stations that want
to transmit with the IBOC (HD Radio) system must request authorization
from CoFeTel and must commit to assisting the commission in studying
the technology.
"We're deeply grateful to the Mexican broadcasting industry for its
decision to join the HD Radio phenomenon," said Bob Struble, President
and CEO of iBiquity Digital, the developer of HD Radio technology. "As
the outstanding success we're seeing in the United States is mirrored
elsewhere in the world, more and more countries will reap the benefits
of this technology's efficient use of spectrum to bring very high-
quality audio and data to consumers."
SOURCE iBiquity Digital
http://tinyurl.com/5tvwf8
What this translates to is that Mexico is jamming back. Of course
Struble, aka. The Jackal Faced Dog, is full of his usual bull****.
Yea, the HD transition has stalled, especially doesn't work on AM,
also jams on FM, HD radios aren't selling, and especially doesn't work
in moving vehicles.