U.S. Electronics has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking the release of documents relating to the compliance of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. with FCC
regulations.
The company feels the documents
shed light on Sirius and XM’s “past failure” to abide by FCC conditions of their licenses. U.S. Electronics feels that this information is “directly relevant
to the FCC’s determination whether the public interest will be served
or harmed” by a merger of Sirius and XM, according to the suit.
The information in these documents relate to Sirius and XM’s non-compliance with various FCC regulations, including:
- Failure to make available an interoperable radio
- Non-compliance with tower and antenna placement authorization and allowable transmitting levels
- Deliberately exceeding FCC emission standards.
U.S. Electronics has filed for the FOIA requests with the FCC since January, but was denied repeated by the agency. So now the company has decided to file this suit as a last resort because of what they call “the immediate importance” of these documents.
“These companies are fighting awfully hard to keep these documents from
seeing the light of day; it makes you wonder what they are trying to
hide,” said Kathy Wallman, spokesperson for U.S. Electronics.
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