EUROPEAN UNION: Defined Requirements for Radio Equipment and Repealed Directive 1999/5/EC
The European Union in their latest Notification, EU/589, published the supplementing Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to properly define essential requirements for radio equipment construction (Article 3). From now onwards, “access to emergency services” is one of the features that should be present in these type of equipment. […]
THAILAND: NBTC Seek Comments for Radio Communication Equipment Used in Land Mobile
On July 26th, 2018, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) published a notice for comments and opinions regarding Radio communication equipment used in land mobile in the Draft BTCTS 1001-2561(2018): Radio communications Equipment Used in Land Mobile Service using VHF/UHF for Speech Communication and Draft NBTC TS 1024-2561(2018). The objective is Technical performance and […]
MEXICO: IFT Publishes Technical Specification Draft for Mobile Terminal Equipment
On July 13, 2018, the Federal Institute of Telecommunications of Mexico (IFT), issued a draft of the Mexican official standard PROY-NOM-221/2-SCFI-2018 that established the Technical specifications for mobile terminal equipment operating in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 1700 MHz / 2100 MHz and / or 2500 MHz bands, or that are […]
NEW ZEALAND: RSM Publish Amendment in Public Information Brochure (PIB) for Mobile Service Bands
On July 2, 2018, the Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) of New Zealand published issue 9, Mobile Service Bands in New Zealand, on the Public Information Brochure (PIB) in order to provide clarification to July’s amendment and have the PIB serve as a “convenient reference of the bands used in VHF and UHF mobile services.” The […]
EUROPEAN UNION: EN 62368-1:2014 Enforcement Postponed for December 2020
On June 15, 2018, the European Union published a notice in its latest Official Journal, 2018/C 209 37, in order to announce the postponement for EN 62368-1:2014, which was originally set to come into effect on June 20, 2019, and now scheduled for December 20, 2020. It is an important highlight that the new standard […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Postpones RF and EMC Testing Requirement for Transceivers and Restricted Radiation Devices
On June 21, 2018, the National Telecommunications Agency from Brazil (ANATEL) released act N. 4735 that postpones for 60 more days the requirements to apply Radio Frequency (RF) and Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests for restricted radiations devices and transceivers with Spectral Scattering approved by the act N. 14448 (Annex 1) on December 04, 2017. During […]
INDIA: TEC Expands Scope of Products Requiring TEC Approval this October
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India under India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) released a full list of products that will now be requiring TEC approval. In the past, TEC had a very small category scope, which has now been expanded in the following categories: future network, fixed access, IoT/M2M/SN/SD, information technology, mobile, radio, switches, […]
TAIWAN: BSMI Releases Legal Inspection Notice for Lithium Cells and Batteries
Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection (BSMI) of Taiwan issued an MOEA Notice for the amendment of “Legal Inspection Requirements for 5 Types of Secondary Lithium Cells and Batteries” (amended requirements became effective on June 25, 2018). Two of them are Secondary Lithium mobile power pack and Secondary Lithium Cells and Batteries (except Li-ion Button […]
CANADA: ISED Publish Consultation to Revise 3500 MHz and 3800 MHz Bands
On June 2018, The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) released a consultation to revise the 3500 MHz Band in order to accommodate for flexibility usage; also a preliminary Consultation on changes to the 3800 MHz Band will be revised. This consultation looks to review the frequency band 3450–3650 MHz to accommodate […]
MEXICO: IFT Releases 600 MHz Band as Mexico Becomes First Country to Release Frequency Band for 5G
On March 19, 2018, the Federal Institute of Telecommunications from Mexico (IFT) released an official communication announcing that the plenary of the authority has already approved the relocation of 48 digital television channels in the 600 MHz band, hence the country is already set for the liberalisation of spectrum in the 614 MHz to 698 […]