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UNITED STATES: Deadline Of The FCC Public Consultation About The LTE-U And LAA Technology

Recently the FCC  released a Public Notice (5th May 2015) to enable a transparent discussion on the implementation of LTE-U in conjunction with licensed commercial wireless services using Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technique. Although, The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is developing the LTE-U and LAA standards and Companies like Verizon, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, […]

TURKEY: Delays 4G auctions after President suggests skipping to 5G

Turkey has pushed back its 4G auctions following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggesting that the country should leapfrog straight from 3G to 5G. Turkish telecommunications are currently based on 3G technology. The Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications has pushed the auctions back to August 26th, three months behind the date originally scheduled by the […]

BRAZIL: IPv6 Support Evaluation for Products with Mobile Networks Interface Will be Mandatory

The technical requirements for the IPv6 protocol support evaluation of the telecommunication devices, with mobile network interface, included in the “List of Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Products – Category I”, will be mandatory from January 1, 2016. The affected products are: Terminals with aerial interface destined for mobile services and terminals with interface destined for […]

EU AND JAPAN: Step Up Cooperation On 5G Mobile Technology

With the new 5G agreement, the EU will join forces with Japan to cope with the increasing need for wireless Internet and complement current efforts to create a Digital Single Market in Europe. The agreement will allow EU and Japan to work towards a common understanding and standards of 5G, identify new harmonised radio band […]

RUSSIA: Changes in usage of wireless access devices

The Russian Ministry of Communication has published a new regulation for WiFi 802.11 ac and 802.11 ad technologies. This notification is about the changes in usage of wireless access devices (working in the range between 30 MHz and 66 GHz) The attached document lists all characteristics’ requirements for wireless access devices of standards 802.11ac and […]

NAMIBIA: New Type Approval Requirement Deadline Extended

Namibian Communications Regulatory Authority (CRAN) implemented new mandatory Type Approval requirements which were scheduled to go into effect on August 3, 2015. That date has now been extended to November 30, 2015. These new requirements apply to all radio telecommunication equipment for importation and sale, without exemption. The Authority will accept R&TTE test reports, and […]

UNITED STATES: Reminder About The New FCC Rules For Part 15 U-NII Devices

This is a recall about the revised rules for U-NII devices (FCC 14-30) operating under Part 15 (new rules). These rules became effective on June 2, 2014. The following KDB publications have been prepared to provide guidance for demonstrating compliance with the new U-NII rules. Here is the transition period, during which devices may be approved […]

USA AND CANADA: Reminder About the Acceptable ANSI Standards For FCC And IC

The following standards are currently applicable for FCC and IC as described below: FCC ANSI C63.4-2003 and ANSI C63.4-2009 are presently permitted and acceptable to TCBs/FCC ANSI C63.4-2014 is not permitted until the new FCC Report and Order becomes effective ANSI C63.10-2009 is presently permitted and acceptable to TCBs/FCC ANSI C63.10-2013 is not permitted until the […]

SOUTH AFRICA: SABS Internal Preliminary Investigation

As of May 11, 2015, South Africa’s Bureau of Standards (SABS) has suspended its services pending an internal preliminary investigation of non‐compliance in its processes and procedures. SABS had recently received a complaint purporting that the necessary due diligence was not followed in terms of SABS processes and procedures, and in line with SABS policy, […]