Vietnams Ministry of Information and Communications, Department of Science Technology (MIC) has released the Draft national technical regulation on Land Mobile User Equipment – Radio access, this draft specifies technical requirements on radio access of Land Mobile User Equipment (UE) ( VNM/173) ETSI EN 301 908-1 V11.1.1 (2016-07), ETSI EN 301 908-13 V11.1.1 (2016-07), ETSI EN 301 908-2 V6.2.1 (2013-10), ETSI EN 301 511 V9.0.2 (2003-03) and ETSI TS 151 010-1 V12.2.0 (2014-11) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI); they want to clarify that it does not cover NB-IoT and 5G land mobile terminal equipment.
The devices covered by this draft are:
• Land Mobile User Equipment (UE) intended to be used in Vietnam. Land Mobile User Equipment must be E-UTRA FDD (4G/LTE) land mobile terminal equipment (HS code: 8517.12.00) and can integrate any or a combination of following functions:
• W-CDMA land mobile terminal equipment
• GSM land mobile terminal equipment
• 5G land mobile terminal equipment
• radio equipment operating in the 2.4 GHz band and using spread spectrum modulation techniques
• radio access equipment operating in the 5 GHz band
• Short-range devices (transmitters, transceivers) Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, incl. line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones; parts thereof (HS 8517)
The following provisions are included in the draft:
1. General provisions
1.1. Scope
1.2. Application objects
1.3. References
1.4. Term interpretation
1.5. Symbols
1.6. Abbreviation
2. Technical requirements
2.1. Environment conditions
2.2. Technical requirements
3. Testing method
4. Regulatory requirements
5. The obligation of organizations and individuals
6. Implementation
Annex A (normative): environment conditions
Annex B (normative): Technical requirements for WCDMA radio access
Annex C (normative): Technical requirements for GSM radio access
Annex D (normative): HS code of Land Mobile User Equipment Bibliography
This National technical regulation is intended to supersede the following current National technical standards: – QCVN 12:2015/BTTTT; National technical regulation on GSM mobile station; – QCVN 15:2015/BTTTT; National technical regulation on W-CDMA FDD mobile station; – QCVN 117:2018/BTTTT; National technical regulation on Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) User Equipment (UE) -Radio Access.
The main interest of MIC continues to be the protection of human health or safety as well as covering the quality requirements for devices.
The proposed date to entry into force is July 01st, 2021, even though the proposed date for adoption is Nov. 15th, 2020; the final date for comment
is Sept. 08th, 2020.