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EU: New R&TTE and EMC Standards List

nacon — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:53:06 +0000

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.

-R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC – Standards list

-EMC Directive 2004/108/EC – Standards list

Mauritius: Public Consultation on draft Decision in the 1800 MHz band

nacon — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:45:56 +0000

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 [...]

Singapore: IDA allows electronic compliance labels

nacon — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:11:52 +0000

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 [...]

Israel: WiFi alliance certificate for 802.11n products is no longer needed

nacon — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:40:50 +0000

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 [...]

Hong Kong: CA and OFCA have been established

nacon — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:55:55 +0000

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, [...]

Qatar: New Radio Spectrum Policy

nacon — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:07:13 +0000

The Authority in Qatar (The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology, ictQATAR) issued on March 14th, 2012 the Radio Spectrum Policy.

The aim of the Policy is the managing of the country’s spectrum resources. It balances the allocation of spectrum between the public and private sectors, and includes radio spectrum [...]

Croatia: Public consultations on radio frequency spectrum

nacon — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:41:39 +0000

The Authority in Croatia (HAKOM) issued two public consultations related to the use of the radio frequency spectrum the last 29 of February:

1- Proposed Regulations on conditions for assignment and use of radio frequency spectrum

2- Proposed amendments Frequency Allocation Table

Both [...]

Hong Kong: Winners of the auction in the 2.3 GHz Band

nacon — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:33:37 +0000

The Telecommunication Authority in Hong Kong announced last 19 of March the Successful Bidders of the Auction in the 2.3 GHz Band for the Provision of Broadband Wireless Access Services.

The winners and the Frequency Bands assigned to them are as follows:

- 2300 – 2330 MHz frequency band to [...]

Slovenia: Public consultation on the draft of frequency utilization plan

nacon — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:25:25 +0000

The last 15 of February, the Agency for Post and Electronic Communications in Slovenia (APEK) published a public consultation on the General Act on the radio frequency utilisation plan (NURF-2).

All interested people can submit their comments until next 15 of May 2012.

Draft can be consulted on the [...]

Australia: New single compliance label–RCM

nacon — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:07:11 +0000

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 [...]