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DTT channels will change frequency within five years
Digital Terrestrial Television channels will change frequency before 1st January 2015, so users must re-tune their television sets and readjust their reception systems, although they will not have to install new decoders or antennas.
The deputy director general for Planning and Radio-electric Spectrum Management explained that the change in frequencies will be carried out in order to free part of the frequencies for mobile broadband Internet access.
Fernández Paniagua explained that the change in frequencies will not happen overnight and for a time the two transmission frequencies will work concurrently for each DTT channel in order to have a period of time to allow for the changeover.
Soon, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade will draw up a calendar for the adaptation process, which has to be ready by1st January 2015 at the latest, although the Ministry intends to bring forward this date and conduct a public awareness information campaign.
With this change and the freeing up of part of the radio-electric space for mobile broadband, authorities intend to “break the digital divide” so that access to high speed Internet can also reach isolated rural areas, explained the Ministry of Industry official.
