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.

CITC has updated the technical specifications of communications and information technology devices as the technical basis for their approval to accommodate the latest technological developments, such as AML and CBS. The updated technical specifications include GEN001, GEN002, GEN003 and specifications for other specific products.

SDPPI has announced all the applications submitted with SDDPI accredited Oversea Test Center report needs to attach the summary of references pages of test report from July 4, 2021.

Due to the remaining impact of COVID-19, ANATEL decided to extend the Streamlined renewal process once more and now all certificates with expiration date between March 6, 2020 and December 31, 2021 are exempted of doing renewal testing and providing new external/internal photos as long as the device was not suffered any modification.

The Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has officially issued new standards which will take effect from July 01, 2021. From the effective date, the local importer will have to use local test report, type approval certificate under the new standards for the importation process.