Sirius Says Several Radios In Non-Compliance With The FCC
Sirius filed a statement with the SEC(Security & Exchange Commission) early this morning which details that they have known that their radios have been under investigation with the FCC since April. They received a letter on June 20th informing them of the same thing, and responded to the letter on July 12th.
They state similar themes to what Directed Electronics told us on July 5th, that there were at least two radios(the S50 and Starmate Replay) that were not in compliance. The only difference, is that apparently one or more Sirius employees were approving radios with stronger FCC transmitters than what was allowed, even knowing the restrictions. Sirius says that they will fix this problem and have a new ‘internal review board’ to make sure similar problems do not show up in new Sirius radios.
What the big question becomes now that Sirius has admitted the problems is ‘Did David Frear lie?’ In late May, David Frear stated that the radios that violated the FCC standards have all been fixed, when they clearly were not. The filing is also unclear as to whether the radios they suspended production on received the necessary changes to begin production again.
Update: Sirius has suspended certain radio shipments but we do not know which radios at this time.
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