AUSTRALIA: ACMA Announces Public Consultation on Technical Standards and Labelling Notice
On July of 2018, ACMA published a public consultation regarding a new proposal to remake the Mobile Equipment standard and the Customer Equipment Safety standard. Additionally, ACMA is considering making changes to the Telecommunications Labelling Notice. ACMA proposes to remake the existing ACMA technical standard to adopt the revised industry standards. a. Provisions allowing for […]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TRA Release Public Consultation on UWB and SRDs
On June 26, 2018, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of UAE published a public consultation in order to meet the needs of the sector. TRA is inviting stakeholders to comment on their regulation revision for Ulta-Wide Band (UWB) and Short Range Devices (SRDs) Version 2.0 in accordance with the Telecom Law. Responses to this consultation […]
UNITED STATES: FCC Seeks to Expand Usage Flexibility for 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band
On June 21, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of United States released a proposed rulemaking for expanding a flexible use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz band. This notice seeks to make more mid-band spectrum available for terrestrial fixed and mobile broadband by collecting additional information on current Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) uses that […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publish Public Consultation for Restricted Radiation Equipment
On July 11, 2018, the National Telecommunications Authority of Brazil (ANATEL) published public consultation N. 19 to guide labs and OCDs on test procedures in order to evaluate technical conformity of restricted radiation equipment. The Act No.14448 from December 4, 2017 contained the updated technical requirements for the evaluation of the equipment, however the testing […]
UNITED STATES: FCC Amends Rules in the 700 MHz Public Safety Narrowband
On June 28, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a final rule that amends the rules of operation in the 700 MHz public safety narrowband (769-775/799-805 MHz). This document promotes the efficient use of the band for its interoperability and exempts low power Vehicular Repeater Systems (VRS) from the narrowband trunking requirements in order […]
NEW ZEALAND: RSM Publish Amendment in Public Information Brochure (PIB) for Mobile Service Bands
On July 2, 2018, the Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) of New Zealand published issue 9, Mobile Service Bands in New Zealand, on the Public Information Brochure (PIB) in order to provide clarification to July’s amendment and have the PIB serve as a “convenient reference of the bands used in VHF and UHF mobile services.” The […]
EUROPEAN UNION: EN 62368-1:2014 Enforcement Postponed for December 2020
On June 15, 2018, the European Union published a notice in its latest Official Journal, 2018/C 209 37, in order to announce the postponement for EN 62368-1:2014, which was originally set to come into effect on June 20, 2019, and now scheduled for December 20, 2020. It is an important highlight that the new standard […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Postpones RF and EMC Testing Requirement for Transceivers and Restricted Radiation Devices
On June 21, 2018, the National Telecommunications Agency from Brazil (ANATEL) released act N. 4735 that postpones for 60 more days the requirements to apply Radio Frequency (RF) and Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests for restricted radiations devices and transceivers with Spectral Scattering approved by the act N. 14448 (Annex 1) on December 04, 2017. During […]
INDIA: TEC Expands Scope of Products Requiring TEC Approval this October
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India under India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) released a full list of products that will now be requiring TEC approval. In the past, TEC had a very small category scope, which has now been expanded in the following categories: future network, fixed access, IoT/M2M/SN/SD, information technology, mobile, radio, switches, […]
TAIWAN: BSMI Releases Legal Inspection Notice for Lithium Cells and Batteries
Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection (BSMI) of Taiwan issued an MOEA Notice for the amendment of “Legal Inspection Requirements for 5 Types of Secondary Lithium Cells and Batteries” (amended requirements became effective on June 25, 2018). Two of them are Secondary Lithium mobile power pack and Secondary Lithium Cells and Batteries (except Li-ion Button […]