A Romanian electronics industry association has written to the government to urge it to restart the country's stalled digital switchover process.
The Association for Digital Communication (ADC) made the call in an open letter addressed to Romania's authorities. The letter was also signed by a number of companies and individuals from Romania's telecoms and TV sectors. It calls on the government to:
* develop and finalise a new digital switchover strategy, with an analogue switch-off (ASO) date of 2013, by the end of March 2011
* ensure the digital multiplexes are awarded via a competitive and transparent process
* start the public debate about how the digital dividend should be used
In August 2010, the Romanian government postponed ASO to 2015, arguing that this would give viewers more time to buy reception equipment and "ensure a reasonable time in which operators, equipment manufacturers and sellers of technology adapt their behaviour to new requirements".
The decision was made without consulting the regulator, Ancom, even though it had already issued tenders for two digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplexes and seven Romanian and foreign companies had registered their interest. The tender process was subsequently cancelled.•
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