NEW ZEALAND: Radiocommunications Regulations (Radio Standards) Notice 2015.
New Zealand’s minister of Business, Innovation and Employment, gave the radio communications regulations notice 2015 in their official gazette on February 12th. This notice comes into force the same day it was published and describes different classes of products; the standards applicable to particular classes; the level of conformity to a class of product and […]
MALAYSIA: Frequency Range 5470~5650 MHz Open For Unlicensed Band In The Latest CA And TC SRD
In a Technical Code (TC) with specifications for Short Range Devices (SRD),developed by Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) And registered by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on December 18 2014, frequency range 5470-5650 MHz was open for unlicensed band, with the remark that SRC device operating under this provision shall implement Dynamic Frequency […]
UNITED STATES: Order FCC 14-208 Will Take Effect On July 13-2015
On December 17, 2014 the Federal Commission adopted the Report and Order FCC 14-208, to review the Commission radio-frequency (RF) equipment authorization program. New rules were adopted to allow TCBs to issue grants of equipment Certification for all types of equipment, and to discontinue OETs acceptance and granting of applications for equipment Certification. The Order FCC 14-208 […]
CANADA: RSS-247 — Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) 5GHz Devices
IC Industry Canada recently published the Radio Standards Specification RSS-247, Issue 1, for Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) Devices, which is a new standard to replace annexes 8 and 9 of RSS-210, Issue 8, Licence-exempt Radio Apparatus (All Frequency Bands): Category I Equipment. The RSS-247 entered […]
CANADA: RSS-119 — Land Mobile And Fixed Equipment Operating In The Frequency Range 27.41-960 MHz
IC Industry Canada recently published the Radio Standards Specification RSS-119, Issue 12, for Land Mobile and Fixed Equipment Operating in the Frequency Range 27.41-960 MHz, which replaces the RSS-119, Issue 11, dated June 2011. The RSS-119 entered in force as of its publication on the Industry Canada website (May 28, 2015), but the interested parties […]
SINGAPORE: Operators to turn off 2G by April 2017
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has approved the request of the mobile network operators (MNOs) – M1, Singtel Mobile and StarHub Mobile – to close their 2G networks with effect from April 1st, 2017. IDA has required the MNOs to ensure that existing 2G subscribers, both consumers and business users, will transit smoothly […]
INDIA: August 13 Is The Deadline For The BIS Requirements On New Products Like Mobile Phones And Adaptors
India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) has announced they were postponing the April 15, 2015 implementation date of the BIS requirement for the new products until August 13, 2015. Some of the new products subjected to BIS compulsory registration, are the following: Power adaptors for IT equipment Power adaptors for audio, video and similar electronic […]
UNITED KINGDOM: Ofcom may hold separate auctions for 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz
In a Statement and Consultation published on 26 May 2015, Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, published updated plans on the release of spectrum in the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz spectrum bands and it opened a consultation on options for proceeding with the award in light of potential changes in the mobile market in the UK. The […]
ALBANIA: AKEP opens door for 4G launches via spectrum refarming
Albanian telecoms regulator the Authority of Electronic and Postal Communications (AKEP) has issued a decision that will permit operators to reform spectrum in the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands for the provision of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) bringing all the services and advantages that LTE technology offers for fast and superfast Internet from 1 September […]
VENEZUELA: IPv6 Importance And Deployment In The Country
Venezuela participated in the Latin American IPv6 Forum held in Lima, Peru, and presented an overview of the Internet Protocol version development (IPv6) in the country. The Venezuelan Gregorio Manzano, from the Research Centers Academic Network and National Universities (Reacciun) expelained about the Community Initiative for IPv6 in Venezuela, highlighting the actions taken by different […]