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Illegal repeaters are sold rampantly on social media sites, online shopping sites, and physical electronics and communication stores across the country. These devices indiscriminately amplify the signal from the cell tower and occupy the signal that should be shared with others.

As a result, users of illegal repeaters get an enhanced signal, while others experience poor, interfered, or non-existent mobile services. This situation is troublesome for people who need to make calls, and even life-threatening for some people, especially in disasters and other emergencies.

Repeaters imported into the country without proper permission from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) are considered illegal. The Philippines prohibits the sale, purchase, possession and use.

NTC reiterated the widespread interference caused by these illegal repeaters and cooperated with operators such as Globe to take appropriate actions, including routine inspections and confiscation of the equipment by sending Show Cause Orders to institutions or owners found to have such equipment.

According to NTC Memorandum Order No. 01-02-2013, only licensed CMTS operators, the National Disaster Reduction and Management Committee (NDRRMC) and other government agencies involved in national security or security have the right to purchase, import, own and use such equipment.

"Illegal repeaters appear in the form of indoor or outdoor antennas and wireless adapters. They use the bandwidth of the Globe base station to increase network coverage and signal. As a result, such devices can interfere with radio waves and interfere with devices located near the booster. The mobile signals of other customers served by the interfered cell site. Although we continue to expand our network to provide first-class connections to Filipinos, if illegal repeaters continue to be used, these efforts will be hindered and will continue to interfere with and Reduce mobile network communications," said Manny Estrada, head of global technology and strategy. Service integration.

If you suspect that there is an illegal repeater in your area, please fill out this form to report to NTC or Globe immediately.

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