VENEZUELA: Four Companies Prequalified For 4G Spectrum Awards; Licensing Within Two Weeks
Venezuela’s Telecom Regulator, CONATEL, has announced in a statement on its website that four companies have been pre-qualified to receive 4G mobile licences in the 1700MHz/2100MHz (AWS) and/or 2500MHz-2690MHz frequency bands, namely Movilnet (the mobile arm of state-owned incumbent CANTV) and Telefonica Venezuela (which operates cellular services as Movistar Venezuela) plus two would-be new entrants […]
BRAZIL: Anatel Approves Usage Conditions of Radiofrequency Bands of 70-80 GHz
Anatel approved on October 2nd, the rules to establish the usage conditions of the radiofrequency bands of 71GHz – 76 GHZ and 81 GHz – 86 GHz, by fixed radiocommunications digital systems as per the definitions of the ITU, in point-to-point applications in primary operations with no exclusions.
INDONESIA: New Regulation
The Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications of Indonesia, has published changes in the regulation that will reorganize the certification procedures in Indonesia. This regulation will replace old regulation Number: 29/PER/M.KOMINFO/09/2008. Some of important changes in this regulation are: – Starting a couple of weeks ago, Indonesia is issuing one type of certificate only. (no […]
SOUTH KOREA: Regulation Changes Draft
The South Korea RRA (Radio Research Agency), is going to introduce new changes in the Telecommunications regulation and it’s expected the regulation will relax unlike before. This is a preliminary draft of said changes, and the main points are the following: – Reclassifying of some wired terminal equipment into DoC category (Article 3). – Excluding […]
CANADA: Radio Standars Specification – Wireless Power Transfer Devices (Wireless Chargers)
This Radio Standards Specification (RSS) 216, Issue 1, Wireless Power Transfer Devices (Wireless Chargers), sets out the minimum requirements for a wireless power transfer device (wireless charger) with power management and/or control capabilities, which either requires certification or is exempt from certification. This devices are either defined as Category I equipment or Category II equipment as […]
EGYPT: New Telecommunications Law Nearly Completed
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy said that the ministry is in the last stages of completing the final draft for the new telecommunications law, which will be sent to the legislature next week. The electronic signature law has also been amended, he said. Helmy explained during a conference held on Tuesday that […]
INDIA: Govt To Establish Testing Centre, Make Testing In India Compulsory
The government is looking to establish a pilot laboratory at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore to develop standards, procedures and tools for testing telecom equipment. The lab will become a testing and security certification centre from 1 April 2015, an unnamed government source was quoted as saying. In a related development, the government […]
SOUTH AFRICA: Must Embrace Open Access
Dimension Data Middle East and Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba has called on communications regulator Icasa and government to ensure that high-demand spectrum in the so-called “digital dividend” bands and at 2,6GHz are licensed using the open-access model of telecommunications. Ngcaba, who is also the controlling shareholder in Convergence Partners, says open access — where infrastructure […]
BRAZIL: New Requirements for Anatel Category I products
For the IPv6 protocol – Function of terminal with air interface designed for Mobile Services. Regulation: 3GPP TS 36.523-1 Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol conformance specification. Requirements: All tests involving performance evaluation of to the IPv6 protocol. The Anatel requirement does not […]
GHANA: Implementation of the Ghana Standards Authority Conformity Assessment Programme
This update is about prescribing the Implementation of Conformity Assessment of the Ghana Standards Authority. This Conformity Assessment Programme is to ensure consumer protection through the prevention of unsafe and substandard products on the Ghanaian market. This Notification supersedes G/TBT/N/GHA/1. High Risk Goods: 1. Toys, Games and Sports equipment 2. Electrical and Electronics 3. Automotive Products […]