CITC updated the WLAN regulation with new technical conditions. According to the regulations, WLAN equipment shall be type approved by CITC prior to importation to the Kingdom and must adhere to CITC’s published technical specifications. In addition, CITC is permitting the use of specific WLAN Frequency Bands under the light licensing regime.

In the new Acts, ANATEL defines new standards and tests that must be applied to products that operate 4G-NBlot and 5G. Going forward, laboratories and Designated Certification Bodies (DCBs) must request tests according to these new standards depending on the product type. The Acts also include an important reservation that must be applied to all products that use 4G bands for 5G operations, in that they must be retested under the 5G functional tests. Certificates for these retested products must be updated within a maximum of 6 months.

The Federal Service of Accreditation (RusAccreditation) has recently conducted a thorough audit of EAC CoC. Over 10,000 certificates of conformity were suspended due to incompliances, such as missing information on the FGIS system, termination of the certification body or problematic test reports. Holders of suspended certificate should take corrective actions to obtain new certificate.

State Radio Regulatory Commission of the People's Republic of China (SRRC) issued Notice No. [2021] No. 129 on October 13, 2021, strengthening the technical requirement of 2400-2483.5MHz, 5150-5350MHz and 5725-5850MHz frequency bands.

India Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) issued an announcement on September 22, 2021, in which the products listed under MTCTE Phase III & IV, the acceptance date of application on portal and the enforcement date are mentioned. For Phase IV products, you may refer to the following table to decide whether to apply for a provisional certificate first or a regular certificate.

Mexico certificate body NYCE is in the process of accreditation and authorization to carry out product certification in accordance with the recent modifications to the Technical Provision IFT-011-2017. Before NYCE achieve accreditation by the Mexican Accreditation Entity and authorization by the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), they are not able to start the certification processes.

Process gases as raw materials have played an important role in the semiconductor fabrication, and they are becoming more and more important in other semiconductor related industries such as flat panel devices (LCD, LED, OLED), photovoltaics and other microelectronic production.

Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) released KC 62368-1; Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) cancelled new standard TIS 1195-2561, and kept old standard TIS 1195-2536 effective.

The Telecommunications Digital Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has announced that shutdown of 2G network (GSM) in the UAE will take place at the end of 2022, with directing resources allocated to 5G to support new generations of mobile networks. Meanwhile, UAE service providers will provide all means of support to Groups that may be affected by the 2G shutdown.

SDPPI has extended the accreditation of overseas laboratories. At present, the official has not yet issued an official announcement. However, the accreditation period of overseas laboratories on the official website is from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.