ARGENTINA: SAYDS Issues Resolution 21 to Replace Procedure for Cell and Battery Certification
Entirety reports on February 14, 2019, the SAyDS (Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development) issued Resolution No. 21/2019 that replaces the procedure for the certification of cells and batteries, this amends the SAyDS Resolution No. 484/2007. In Annex I, you will find the Procedure of Conformity Evaluation for Family, Visual Inspection, Testing, Sampling, and […]
SAINT LUCIA: NTRC is Inviting Stakeholders to Submit Comments on the Proposed Broadband Guidelines
Entirety reports on February 14, 2019, the NTRC published an invitation to consult and make comments on the Broadband Guidelines for the country. The relevance of this invitation to comment relays in the technologies and infrastructure related to Broadband services to be adopted in the country. The period of initial comments began on January 18th […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Updates List of Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Products – Category II
Entirety reports on February 13, 2019, ANATEL issued an update for the List of Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Products – Category II, the requirements for conformity assessment of the product “Transceiver for Base Radio Station”, pursuant to Annex I to this Act. This is applicable to the LTE technology under technical specification ETSI TS 136 141 […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Act 630 Provides Technical Requirements to Assess Conformity of the Product “Terminal Access Station – ETA”
Entirety reports on February 13, 2019, ANATEL issued the amendment of Annex I of Act No. 209 of January 14, 2019, replacing Table 1, which provides technical requirements for assessing the conformity of the product “Terminal Access Terminal – ETA”. The amendment has the minimum features for the process of assessment showing the Normative Document, […]
UNITED STATES: Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Radio
Entirety reports on February 13, 2019, the FCC announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for a period of three years, the information collection requirement associated with the Commission’s Second Report and Order (Second R&O) and Third Report and Order (Third R&O). The FCC added the 24GHz band (24.75-25.25 GHz) and […]
JAPAN: MIC Issues Amendment for Radio-Communication Law Modifying Rules for Wireless Devices
Entirety reports on February 13, 2019, The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued an amendment for the Radio-communications law No. 131 that modifies the applicable rules for wireless devices to be used near the human body. The reason for the amendment is to allow the use of wireless devices in frequencies above the 6GHz to […]
COLOMBIA: CRC Eliminates Homologation Process for Fixed and Satellite Devices
Entirety reports on February 11, 2019, the CRC of Colombia (Communication Regulation Commission) published a notice regarding the considerable decrease of homologation requests for fixed and satellite devices, and thus, decided to eliminate this procedure but maintain technical regulations. The CRC eliminated 203 regulations in the CRC Resolution No. 5050/2016. It is worth mentioning that fixed terminals are phone […]
CANADA: ISED Releases Consultation Notice Regarding ICES-003 Compliance
Entirety reports on February 7, 2019, ISED of Canada (Department of Innovation, Sciences, and Economic Development) released a notice via their website proposing industries have until December 31st, 2019 to ensure that external thermostats sold, offered for sale, manufactured, imported, distributed or leased are in compliance with ICES-003. The scope of this consultations is for electromagnetic compatibility […]
MOROCCO: Safety Conformity Mark to be Affixed Only by Manufacturers
Entirety reports on January 30, 2019, the Safety Conformity Mark, relative to the security of products such as low voltage electronic devices, must be affixed on the product directly by the manufacturer before the product is imported to Morocco. Currently, it is allowed to import the products without the mark, so the local distributor or […]
COLOMBIA: MinTIC and ANE jointly simplifies regulation regarding Radio Electrical Spectrum
Entirety reports on January 25, 2019, the MinTIN (Information Technologies and Communications Ministry) and ANE (Spectrum National Agency) publishes the following projects by means Resolution: Py Res MinTic which issues regulations regarding radio-electrical spectrum management Py Res MinTIC-ANE which derogates provisions regarding radio-electrical spectrum management Py Res ANE which simplifies the regulatory framework related to […]