BRAZIL: ANATEL Act No. 1379 – Technical Requirements of Restricted Radio-communication Equipment
On March 1st, 2019, ANATEL published its Act No. 1379. This is an update to the Technical Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Restricted Radiocommunication Equipment. There were some changes on items 6.2.5, 13.1 and 13.1.1 of Annex I to Act No. 14.448 of December 4/2017. The changes were regarding specific conditions of use of the Periodic […]
UNITED STATES: FCC Published A Rule For Relicensing 700 MHz Spectrum
On March 8th, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a notice through its WT Docket No. 06-150 – DA 19-77. The final rule describes the process for relicensing wireless 700 MHz spectrum telecommunication channels for underserved areas after they are returned to the FCC inventory. The rule comes into effect on April 8, 2019.
CANADA: ISED Issued Radio Standard Specification RSS-130 and Issue 2: Radio Standard Specifications for Equipment Operating in the Frequency Bands 617-652MHz, 663-698MHz, 698-756MHz and 777-787MHZ
Entirety reports on February 27, ISED (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) issued the RSS-130 issue 2, replacing the RSS-130, issue 1 from October 2013. The main changes are: the addition of frequency bands 617-652 MHz and 663-698 MHz and the related requirements to the standard. The change from Equivalent Isotopically Radiated Power (e.i.r.p.) to […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Releases Guidelines for Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Values
Entirety reports on January 15, 2019, ANATEL Resolution Nº 700/2018, Article 11, and the Legal Letter Nº 659/2018, starting January 30th, the maximum SAR value measured (W/kg) during the local testing and declared in the test report, must be placed in one of the following places: 1. Product Packaging 2. User manual accompanying the product […]
SOUTH AFRICA: ICASA Improves Equipment Authorization and Type Approval Process
Entirety reports on January 15, 2019, The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published a Conformity Assessment Framework for Equipment Authorization draft and is urging all the stakeholders to make comments before January 30th, 2019. This draft is a new and better version of the Type Approval Regulations published in 2013 and makes part […]
INDONESIA: SDPPI Updates Regulation Bringing Changes to Certification Process
Entirety reports on January 15, 2019, the SDPPI of Indonesia issued another new regulation: Ministry of Communication and Informatics Regulation Number 16th Year 2018. It goes over the Operational Provision of Telecommunication Tools and Equipment Certification bringing several changes to the current certification process. This new regulation is a replacement of previous one: Ministry of Communication […]
QATAR: CRA and Universities Publish Guidelines for IPv6 Transition
Entirety reports on January 10, 2019, The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) in collaboration with the Carnegie Mellon University and Qatar University, issued a handbook of guidelines to implement an IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack as part of the initiative to support the IPv6 taskforce towards achieving a complete transition to IPv6. This handbook clarifies all the concerns about […]
USA: Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band
Entirety reports on January 9, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a document proposing to expand the unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band (specifically 5.925-7.7125 GHz) at the same time that protects the licensed services that work in this same frequency. The objective of the rule is to permit unlicensed client devices to […]
AUSTRALIA: ACMA Makes Changes to Telecom Technical Standards
Entirety reports on December 19, 2018, ACMA of Australia remade the following telecommunication technical standards during December of 2018. – The Telecommunications (Mobile Equipment Air Interface) Technical Standard 2018 – The Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018. The summary of amendments can be found on the PDF attached. The main amendments consist of changing definitions and changing some […]
JAPAN: MIC Updates Conformity Mark Requirements Due to IoT Advances
Entirety reports on December 18, 2018, The Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) on November 21, 2018, opened a public consultation to update the conformity mark requirements considering the advances of IoT technologies. Last day to submit comments is December 21, 2018.