In December, the Federal Communications Commission plans on starting an auction for a share of the radio waves together with a mandate for free Internet. In addition, the FCC also wants to release new rules for taking care of the fights between cable companies and content providers.

Yet, the U.S. lawmakers announced on Friday that they want the FCC to delay their December agenda, because this action may postpone a range auction opposed by cell phone companies.

Sen. John Rockefeller and Rep. Henry Waxman sent a note to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on Friday through which they asked the company to stop any business they have planned and instead focus on the compulsory switch to digital television signals, which will occur in February 2009.

The Democratic lawmakers wrote that this is a time when important questions are being raised about a willingly change and if the FCC would be “counterproductive” to take into consideration such unrelated issues, “especially complex and controversial items,” they would fail in taking care of the important problems.

Still, the lawmakers didn’t say what issues should be delayed, but the FCC’s most controversial items on the schedule are that of cable items and the share of radio waves. Analyst Stifel Nicolaus added that the plans the FCC has for December 18 are now in great danger, omitting the fact that they were already controversial.

The lawmakers have their fears about the digital change because almost 15% of the U.S. homes will lose their current mode of television. And this would create a great problem for consumers who will have to take special actions, such as buying new converter boxes if they want to keep television service.

In a shorter explanation, the FCC wants to convert the signals into digital in order to free up radio waves for public safety uses, as it would be in a case of emergency.