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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.
On 5 March 2012, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) launched an announcement about the new single label is proposed to be started on 1 July 2012.
The aim is to unify the three existing compliance marks (C-Tick, A-Tick and RCM) into a single compliance mark—the RCM. This single label will show a device’s compliance with all applicable ACMA regulatory arrangements (telecommunications, radiocommunications, EMC and EME).
In a first stage, these changes will start on 1 July 2012 thought this date could be delayed.
From 1 July 2012 on, all new suppliers must register on the new database and use the RCM mark. On the other hand, there will be a three-year transition period for current suppliers. These suppliers will have three years to register on the new database and start using the RCM. They will be permitted to label devices with the C-Tick or A-Tick until 30 June 2015.
Finally, all devices that are labelled with the C-Tick or A-Tick before 30 June 2015 will not need to be relabelled.
From 1 July 2015 on, all suppliers who are required to label their devices must register on the new database and use the RCM.
The complete notice can be read at the following link at ACMA’s website.
On 1 March 2012, the Ordinance (Official Gazette 25/2012) on R&TTE equipment entered into force. Since then, the Croatian Authority (HAKOM) will not require anymore to follow type approval procedures to import R&TTE equipments as long as equipments comply with Directive 1999/5/EC.
According to the press release is launched on 6 March 2012 by HAKOM, all type approval applications have been now stopped and cancelled.
The complete press release can be read in the following link at HAKOM’s website in Croatian language.
The General Regulation of Law No. 164 of Telecommunications and Information Technologies and Communication was approved on January 18.
This Regulation seeks to regulate the activities of the telecommunications sector, pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 164 that was adopted on August 8, 2011.
Since then there has been much activity around the Regulation and Control Authority for Telecommunications and Transportation (ATT) in Bolivia.
This general regulation is intended to regulate the following activities among others:
- Radio spectrum: planning and updating the national frequency plan and its usage.
- Homologation of equipment: definition of the procedures and objectives
- Distribution and allocation of frequencies for broadcasting
- Authorized and contracted for the provision of telecommunications services
- Licenses for the use of frequencies
There is a transitional period of 6 months to set the technical instructions and homologation procedures, including the list of equipment subject to approval.
The General Rules are available at the following link at the website of the Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing.
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