COVID-19 Worldwide Impact – April 6th, 2020
Given the current state of affairs surrounding COVID-19, governments, regulators and laboratories all around the world have started to implement measures to decrease the probability of infection among their staff. This is a summary of relevant changes that should be taken into consideration. Regulators that have limited operations (delays should be expected): Kenya, Grenada, Guyana, […]
COVID-19 Worldwide Impact – April 3rd, 2020
Given the current state of affairs surrounding COVID-19, governments, regulators and laboratories all around the world have started to implement measures to decrease the probability of infection among their staff. This is a summary of relevant changes that should be taken into consideration. Regulators that have limited operations (delays should be expected): Russia, Philippines Regulators […]
BRAZIL: Public Consultation Extended by 60 Days

On April 2nd the Official Diary of the Union announced an extension in the final date for the contribution of Public Consultations no. 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 29 and 30, all of this year, referring to the proposals of the Operating Procedures for certification and homologation of products for telecommunications and the Reference List […]
INDIA: Publication of CRS’s Phase IV

On April 1 st, 2020, the new phase of Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) has been published in the Gazette of India (CG-DL-E-01042020-218993), the newly included categories are as follow: The applicable Indian Standards for telecom devices are IS 13252:2010 (based on IEC 60950) and IS 616:2017 (based on IEC 60065); these are not new, so […]
COVID-19 Worldwide Impact – April 2nd, 2020
Given the current state of affairs surrounding COVID-19, governments, regulators and laboratories all around the world have started to implement measures to decrease the probability of infection among their staff. This is a summary of relevant changes that should be taken into consideration. • Regulators that have extended suspension period: Russia, Maldives • Regulators that […]
COVID-19 Worldwide Impact – April 1st, 2020
Given the current state of affairs surrounding COVID-19, governments, regulators, and laboratories all around the world have started to implement measures to decrease the probability of infection among their staff. This is a summary of relevant changes that should be taken into consideration. • Regulators that have limited operations (delays should be expected): Thailand We […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Public Consultation for Identification of Approved Telecom Products

On March 23rd, 2020, ANATEL has issued Public Consultation No. 29 for Operational Procedure for Marking ANATEL Homologation Identification in Telecommunications Products. One of the biggest changes in the procedure is the inclusion of QR Code for Marking and its minimum information to be shown. Additionally for the Electronic Identification (e-label) must be shown in […]
BRAZIL: Public Consultation No.13 – ANATEL Issues Terminal Device Minimum Cybersecurity Requirements

Public Consultation for Minimum Cybersecurity Requirements of terminal devices connected to Internet and Telecommunications Networks: On March 30th, 2020 ANATEL has issued Public Consultation No. 13. This is to receive comments regarding to consider technical aspects such as the amount of mem0ory, data processing capacity, user interfaces, communications interfaces among others. This will consider the […]
COVID-19 Worldwide Impact – March 31, 2020
Given the current state of affairs surrounding COVID-19, governments, regulators and laboratories all around the world have started to implement measures to decrease the probability of infection among their staff. This is a summary of relevant changes that should be taken into consideration. • Regulators that will suspend operations: Armenia, Mexico • Regulators that have […]
MEXICO: Easiness on Goods Importation Without NOM Certificate (SE No. 414.2020.827)

On March 26, the official letter 414.2020.827 was issued by the Secretary of the Economy, providing easiness for imports subject to compliance with NOMs. As of March 27, 2020, the goods can be imported providing just the certification request submitted to the Certification Bodies (CB) or Verification Units (UV), for which, they must issue the […]