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December, 2007
Hollingsworth to Stay Put at FCC
Riley Hollingsworth, Special Counsel for the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, has decided not to retire; he
had announced last week that he would leave the FCC in January 2008. “After spending the entire weekend
thinking about the decision [to retire], it became more and more clear to me that it just isn’t the right
decision for me right now. There are several issues on the table that I want to continue to work through
with the amateur community.” The Enforcement Bureau is the primary organizational unit within the Federal
Communications Commission that is responsible for enforcement of provisions of the Communications Act,
the Commission’s rules, Commission orders and terms and conditions of station authorizations, as well as
enforcement of Amateur Radio rules (Part 97).
Motorola to Acquire Controlling Interest in Parent Company of Yaesu
According to a press release issued by Motorola, Motorola USA has announced its intention to “launch a
tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co, Ltd.” Vertex Standard is the parent
company of Yaesu. Upon successful completion of the tender offer and subsequent restructuring process,
Motorola will own 80 percent of Vertex Standard; Tokogiken, a privately held Japanese company, controlled
by current president and CEO of Vertex Standard Jun Hasegawa, will retain 20 percent, forming a joint venture.
The total purchase price for 80 percent of the outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis will be approximately
¥12.3 billion (approximately US $108 million). The bid will start November 6 and end on December 26. If the bid
succeeds, shares of Vertex would be delisted from the Jasdaq Securities Exchange in Japan.
FCC Releases Broadband Report
The FCC has released their latest
report summarizing the state of broadband in the US as of December 2006. It shows that in December 2006,
Internet-access BPL has increased slightly over December 2005, but also shows that it has been decreasing
slightly from a peak that occurred sometime around mid-2006. According to the report, BPL ended up with a
deployment total of 0.006 percent of the total broadband lines in the US, compared to 0.011 percent at the
end of December 2005.
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