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QATAR: CRA and Universities Publish Guidelines for IPv6 Transition

Entirety reports on January 10, 2019, The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) in collaboration with the Carnegie Mellon University and Qatar University, issued a handbook of guidelines to implement an IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack as part of the initiative to support the IPv6 taskforce towards achieving a complete transition to IPv6. This handbook clarifies all the concerns about […]

USA: FCC Releases Public Notice Regarding Government Shutdown

Entirety reports on January 10, 2019, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice stating which services will continue in operation and under what conditions while the now 20-day (and ongoing) Government Shutdown continues. Only essential services will continue during this Government shutdown and TCB (Telecommunications Certification Bodies) has been put on hold any new […]

USA: Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band

Entirety reports on January 9, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a document proposing to expand the unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band (specifically 5.925-7.7125 GHz) at the same time that protects the licensed services that work in this same frequency. The objective of the rule is to permit unlicensed client devices to […]

AUSTRALIA: ACMA Makes Changes to Telecom Technical Standards

Entirety reports on December 19, 2018, ACMA of Australia remade the following telecommunication technical standards during December of 2018. – The Telecommunications (Mobile Equipment Air Interface) Technical Standard 2018 – The Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018. The summary of amendments can be found on the PDF attached. The main amendments consist of changing definitions and changing some […]

JAPAN: MIC Amends Regulation for Ultra-Wideband Wireless Systems

Entirety reports on December 18, 2018, The Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on November 29, 2018, published a notification to announce the amendment of the regulation for the Ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless systems with the purpose of enabling the use of UWB wireless systems outside. The proposed date of adoption is April 2019 and the proposed […]

JAPAN: MIC Updates Conformity Mark Requirements Due to IoT Advances

Entirety reports on December 18, 2018, The Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) on November 21, 2018, opened a public consultation to update the conformity mark requirements considering the advances of IoT technologies. Last day to submit comments is December 21, 2018. 

EGYPT: Membership of ITU Administrative Council Won by Egypt

Entirety reports on November 14, 2018, Egypt has won the membership of the Administrative Council of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) from 2019 till 2022 after being re-elected to the ITU Council membership during the elections held at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (ITUPP) held in Dubai, UAE, during 29 October till 16 November, with the […]

INDIA: Rule Notifications Published for WLAN 5GHz, SRDs, and UWB Technology

Entirety reports on November 12, 2018, The Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing from The Ministry of Communications of India published 3 Notification updating the rules for license exemption for WLAN devices operating in the 5GHz; Short Range Devices; and Low Power Ultra-wideband Devices respectively, which came into force on October 23rd of 2018. Please refer […]

USA: FCC Published Hearing Aid Compatibility Requirements for Mobile Devices

Entirety reports on December 12, 2018, The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) did a review of rules on December 7th for service providers to post on their public websites information regarding Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) of their offered devices. It’s also mandatory that service providers maintain in their websites all information of previously offered models with […]