UNITED STATES: Wireless Innovation Act Reintroduced In U.S Senate To Free Up Spectrum

On June 18, 2015, a group of Senators, reintroduced the Wireless Innovation Act to free up spectrum for wireless broadband, including in the 5GHz band, trying to keep U.S leading the world in wireless innovation and technology. The Senators are very committed to continue with the innovation and American leadership in mobile broadband by making […]

NEW ZEALAND: Radiocommunications Regulations (Radio Standards) Notice 2015.

New Zealand’s minister of Business, Innovation and Employment, gave the radio communications regulations notice 2015 in their official gazette on February 12th. This notice comes into force the same day it was published and describes different classes of products; the standards applicable to particular classes; the level of conformity to a class of product and […]

MALAYSIA: Frequency Range 5470~5650 MHz Open For Unlicensed Band In The Latest CA And TC SRD

In a Technical Code (TC) with specifications for Short Range Devices (SRD),developed by Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) And registered by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on December 18 2014, frequency range 5470-5650 MHz was open for unlicensed band, with the remark that SRC device operating under this provision shall implement Dynamic Frequency […]

UNITED STATES: Order FCC 14-208 Will Take Effect On July 13-2015

On December 17, 2014 the Federal Commission adopted the Report and Order FCC 14-208, to review the Commission radio-frequency (RF) equipment authorization program. New rules were adopted to allow TCBs to issue grants of equipment Certification for all types of equipment, and to discontinue OETs acceptance and granting of applications for equipment Certification. The Order FCC 14-208 […]

CANADA: RSS-247 — Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) 5GHz Devices

IC Industry Canada recently published the Radio Standards Specification RSS-247, Issue 1, for Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) Devices, which is a new standard to replace annexes 8 and 9 of RSS-210, Issue 8, Licence-exempt Radio Apparatus (All Frequency Bands): Category I Equipment. The RSS-247 entered […]

SINGAPORE: Operators to turn off 2G by April 2017

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has approved the request of the mobile network operators (MNOs) – M1, Singtel Mobile and StarHub Mobile – to close their 2G networks with effect from April 1st, 2017. IDA has required the MNOs to ensure that existing 2G subscribers, both consumers and business users, will transit smoothly […]

INDIA: August 13 Is The Deadline For The BIS Requirements On New Products Like Mobile Phones And Adaptors

India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) has announced they were postponing the April 15, 2015 implementation date of the BIS requirement for the new products until August 13, 2015.  Some of the new products subjected to BIS compulsory registration, are the following: Power adaptors for IT equipment Power adaptors for audio, video and similar electronic […]