iBiquity is probably waiving their $40 HD Radio chipset licensing fee, because HD radios are not selling:

“Sirius, XM, and HD: Consumer interest reality check”

“While interest in satellite radio is diminishing, interest in HD shows no signs of a pulse.”

hear2.com/2007/02/sirius_xm_and_h.html

"U.S. automakers not jumping into HD Radio"

reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2632750220070427?pageNumber=1

"Bridge Ratings: Sweat the cell phone and don''t count on HD"

"In other words, Bridge says interest in HD radio is decreasing even as your station works hard to increase awareness. What can I possibly add to this honest and bleak picture that I haven''t said before? My well-intended warnings about HD''s "premature death" seem to be rearing their ugly heads almost two years later."

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"But is ''availability'' of HD radios the problem?"

"And one broadcaster reported to me that he asked an iBiquity rep how many HD radios had actually been sold as of the most recent accounting. And this was his answer: 150,000."

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