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 […]

SOUTH AFRICA: New Policy For Mobile Broadband Services In South Africa

New Policy For Mobile Broadband Services In South Africa Siyabonga Cwele, South Africa’s Telecoms and Postal Services Minister, has announced that a final policy on high-demand frequency spectrum for mobile broadband services, including Long Term Evolution (LTE), will be published within the next six months. Mr Cwele revealed that the Department of Telecommunications and Postal […]

VENEZUELA: 4G Technology Will Be Deployment In Venezuela

4G TECHNOLOGY WILL BE DEPLOYMENT IN VENEZUELA The Public Offering Committee, designated by theNational Executive and responsible for carrying out the method for allocating blocks of frequencies in the radio spectrum, for the implementation of networks and advanced mobile communication services, received from the operators: Telecomunicaciones Movilnet C.A., Telefónica Venezolana C.A., Multiphone Venezuela, C.A. and […]

AUSTRALIA: Communications Minister Launches Consultation on NBN Spectrum Gap Draft Direction

Australia’s Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has released an exposure draft of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) (3.5GHz frequency band) Direction 2014 for public consultation. With this draft Direction related to the use of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band, it reportedly aims to help the state meet its commitment to roll out […]

EUROPEAN UNION: The Impact of the Harmonization of the New EN62657-2 Industrial Wireless Co-existence Standard

With the intention of preserving bandwidth, the telecommunications industry has written a harmonised standard that does not allow industrial wireless control systems to function. The European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) is now blocking the harmonisation of a European standard, which facilitates co-existence management of Industrial communication networks under the R&TTE directive. This restriction is likely […]

MEXICO: Telecommunications Reform

It comprehends six main axes: 1) The state will guarantee that telecommunications and broadcasting will be provided under conditions of competition, quality, diversity, universal coverage, networking, convergence, free access and continuity. 2)  It establishes a single concession regime for the provision of use of the radio spectrum, networks and telecommunications services and broadcasting ; and […]