The last 4 of April, new harmonized standards lists were published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment(R&TTE) Directive and the EMC Directive.
The last 13 of April, Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Mauritius (ICTA) launched a public consultation, reference number ICTA/01/12, on draft decision regarding additional spectrum for terrestrial component of international mobile telecommunications (IMT) in the 1800 MHz band.
After the reception of some expression of interest to operate IMT systems in the frequency band 1710-1885 MHz, the Authority decided to make available the aforementioned public consultation.
Technical, regulatory and operational provision for the use of the 1800 MHz band is described on the public consultation. For additional information, please refer to the consultative document in the following link at the ICTA’s website.
Public consultation will be closed on May 11, 2012.
The last 4 of April, the regulatory body in Singapore (The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)) reviewed the Requirements for Telecommunication Equipment Labels and Advertisements.
Changes are to introduce the use of electronic compliance label, effective from the last 4 April on.
“The use of electronic compliance labels on registered telecommunication equipment is now allowed. Telecommunication equipment dealers licensed by IDA, such as suppliers or manufacturers, are permitted to display the compliance label on the equipment’s built-in display screen or in the softcopy of the equipment’s instruction manual, as an alternative to traditional sticker labels. Licensees will have to ensure that the equipment packaging contains information for consumers about where to locate the electronic compliance label for verification.”
The new requirements for telecommunication equipment labels and advertisements can be accessed and read in the following link at IDA’s website.
The last 2 of April, the Ministry of Communications (MoC) in Israel issued an updated of the technical specification document on the general use of the frequencies in 2.4 and 5 GHz.
Main change is that the previous mandatory requirement of WiFi alliance certificate for 802.11n equipments has been removed from the updated regulation.
So now, 802.11n equipments are easier to be type approved by MoC, just submitting ETSI or FCC test reports.
The new regulation on the general use of the frequencies in 2.4 and 5 GHz is available in Hebrew in the following link at the MoC’s website.
With effect from 1 April 2012, the functions and responsibilities of the Broadcasting Authority have been merged with those of the Telecommunications Authority to form the Communications Authority (CA), a unified regulatory body for the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors.
The Office of the Communications Authority, an executive arm of the CA, has also been set up by combining the Office of the Telecommunications Authority and the relevant divisions of the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority.
The new related links to their websites are:
Pursuant to the Communications Authority Ordinance (Cap 616), with effect from 1 April 2012, all duties and powers of the Telecommunications Authority (TA) are conferred on the Communications Authority (CA), and all duties and powers of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) are conferred on the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA), the executive arm of the CA.
CA is a unified regulatory body overseeing the converging telecommunications and broadcasting sectors.
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