RUSSIA: New Restrictions on Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Radioelectronic Products
The Eurasian Economic Union will regulate hazardous substances in electrical and radio electrical products (EAEU TR 037/2016) starting March 1, 2018. The marking information and the user manuals must be made in Russian and any other official language of the EAEU specifying the concentration of substances such as mercury, cadmium, and lead, among others. The […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Published New Technical Requirements and Procedures
As Entirety previously informed, Resolution No. 686 from October 13, 2017, invalidated all certification standards that were approved by Resolutions. On February 12, ANATEL issued all the Technical Requirements (ATOs) to substitute those norms. Previous Resolution 442 (EMC) was replaced by ATO No. 952. Please refer to PDF attached for technical requirements and tests procedures […]
UKRAINE: New Marking Changes During January 2018
On December 20, 2017, resolution Nº1027 was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. This decision introduce amendments to clause 3 of the rules and conditions for labelling. The marking must be made in the format UA.TR.YYY or YYY. Please see PDF attached to see examples of marking formats. UA: It is the conventional […]
CANADA: ISED Implements Small Changes to Radio Standard Specification RSS-133
On January 19, 2018, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced minor changes to the standard “Radio Standard Specification RSS-133, issue 6 (amendment), 2 GHz Personal Communications Services”. These changes are related to the transmitter Output Power and Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power. In the Section 6.4 the changes were: The equivalent isotropically radiated power […]
THAILAND: New Standard Replaces Old Standard for Wireless Microphones
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of Thailand have issued a new standard, NBTC TS 1006-2560, detailing criteria for frequency band usage for wireless microphones, concerning 803-806MHz, 694-703 MHz and 748-758 MHz bands. This new standard NBTC TS 1006-2560 will replace standard NTC TS 006-2548 for wireless microphones and will have as main differences […]
EGYPT: Removal of Bandwidth Restrictions for Indoor WLAN Frequencies
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) published ‘Regulations for use of Wireless Devices which states WLAN 802.11ac devices can now be approved and used in Egypt. In addition, NTRA confirmed bandwidth restrictions for indoor WLAN frequencies, which have been removed. The Frequency band 5.470-5.725 GHz isn’t allowed for the commercial use (no change from previous […]
ECUADOR: ARCOTEL Applies Changes to Frequency Range 902 – 928 MHz
During December of 2017, ARCOTEL (Agencia de Regulación y control de las Telecomunicaciones) published resolution 12-09-ARCOTEL-2017 PNF. With this resolution, ARCOTEL changes the National Frequency Plan. One of the main modifications has to do with the frequency range 902 – 928 MHz which was divided into two parts: First range: 902-915 MHz Second range: 915-928 […]
MEXICO: PROY-NOM-019-SCFI-2016 Consultation to Replace NOM-019-SCFI-1998
The Mexican Economy Secretariat (SE) published on December 18, 2017, in the Official Diary of Mexico (DOF), PROY-NOM-019-SCFI-2016 “Information technologies equipments and associated equipment, as well as office equipment – security requirements” for a public consultation. Once the NOM becomes official and it’s published in the official diary, it will replace NOM-019-SCFI-1998. The consultation will […]
VIETNAM: Circular Draft Issues New List of Devices Subject to Type Approval and DoC
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam has released Draft Circular to replace existing Circular 42/2016/TT-BTTTT – Regulations on list of products subjected to MIC Type Approval and Declaration of Conformity (DoC). This Circular prescribes the list of products and goods with potential to be unsafe under the management of the Ministry of Information and […]
MEXICO: IFT New Technical Disposition IFT 011-2017 Part 2
The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) of Mexico released a public consultation on December 3, 2017 and the goal of which was to modify technical disposition IFT-011-2017. The main modification being proposed by IFT is to include a second part for the IFT-011-2017. This second part is oriented to the 700 MHz band where they indicate […]