CEA is asking that Charter Communications show proof...
CEA is asking that Charter Communications show proof of interoperability and share its downloadable security technology -- among several other conditions -- before the FCC grants the company a waiver of FCC rules requiring separation of cable set-top box security…
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and navigation. The conditions, which also included a requirement for Charter to continue supporting CableCARDs technology alongside their own, were laid out in a letter from CEA attorney Robert Swartz to the FCC Friday, along with a concession that since Charter serves primarily rural areas, such a waiver wouldn’t necessarily represent an industry precedent that could be cited in future proceedings. However, Swartz said “CEA maintains its concern and position that any waiver granted to Charter, even though conditioned as above, would further move system development away from CableCARDs” with no obvious successor technology identified.