The main manufacturers create a quality seal that guarantees the quality of the equipment used in collective antennas

AMETIC warns of possible fraud due to the use of repaired material as new.

AMETIC, Multisector Association of Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies, Telecommunications and Digital Content Companies, has drawn the attention of property administrators and presidents of neighborhood communities to the possibility that they have been victims of fraud in the adaptation of their collective DTT facilities.

The technological employers' association has detected “re-adjustment practices” of used single-channel modules that are not covered by the original manufacturer's warranty, and at this point points out that the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users explains that “the marketing of a repaired product as new will constitute consumer fraud.”

Los R.D.805/2014 de 19 de septiembre y 920/2014 de 31 de octubre establecen las normas para la adaptación de instalaciones colectivas de TDT en los edificios y el acceso a las subvenciones aprobadas para compensar los costes incurridos. La Dirección General de Telecomunicaciones ejerce la función inspectora de todas las instalaciones y puede sancionar a aquellos instaladores que no cumplan con la legislación vigente. Por otra parte, Red.es puede denegar o exigir la devolución de las referidas ayudas en aquellos casos en los que las instalaciones no cumplan las normas establecidas.

If the fraud that AMETIC warns of exists, the community of neighbors could receive a declaration of origin of reimbursement of the subsidies, therefore having the obligation to return the aid received and the corresponding late payment interest.

In defense of consumers, AMETIC emphasizes that a single-channel amplifier is the best guarantee to allow coexistence between DTT signals and 4G telephony. However, a “re-adjustment” and “reuse” process outside the strict controls of the manufacturer may be enough to become a source of problems when 4G transmissions are launched.

For easy identification of guaranteed single-channel equipment, the main Spanish equipment manufacturers have registered a quality seal that guarantees the installation of the collective antenna.