The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt issued updated Short-range Devices (SRD) Radio Spectrum Guidelines in December 2020. The Guidelines layout rules for using SRDs in Egypt, and also technical controls that must be […]
The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) in Sierra Leone issued The Telecommunication (Electronic Communication Equipment Type Approval) Regulations on November 6, 2020. The updated regulation outlines the following, amongst other topics: Type Acceptance route for products […]
The regulatory authority in charge of type approvals in Togo has changed from Autorité de Réglementation des secteurs de Postes et de Télécommunications (ART&P) to Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP). […]
The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) will issue type approval certificates without expiration dates moving forward. BOCRA will issue updated certificates with indefinite validity periods for products with existing BOCRA approval, and recommends applying 3 […]
The regulatory authority in charge of type approvals in Mozambique has changed its name from ARECOM (Autoridade Reguladora das Comunicações de Moçambique) back to INCM (Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique). In 2019, the authority changed from […]
CERT in Tunisia has released Governmental Decree No. 48 of 2020, dated January 23, 2020. The Decree has two major impacts on the type approval process in Tunisia: CERT will take over regulatory authority of […]
Type Approvals are not being issued until a Director General is appointed.
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) in Egypt has updated the Procedures section of their website, specifically the Light Type Approval Scheme Procedure, the Tight Type Approval Scheme Procedure, and the NTRA Accredited Test Labs […]
Rwanda Utilities and Regulatory Authority (RURA) issued its updated “Guidelines 008/G/R/SM-ICT/RURA/2019 of 15/11/2019 on the Use of Short Range Devices (SRDs)” on November 15, 2019. These guidelines outline and reconfirm the mandatory type approval requirements […]
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) in Morocco has decided to outsource CMIM Mark compliance to the following three different certification bodies: Applus, Bureau Veritas and TUV Rheinland. A CoC must be obtained from one of […]
