Regulatory Updates & Events

28 January 2025 - The upcoming Lunar/Chinese New Year celebrations in the Asia Pacific region may potentially cause delays in the Type Approval process. During this period, many government offices, testing laboratories, and certification bodies will be operating with reduced staff or will be closed entirely.

29 January 2025 - The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have released the outcomes after their public consultation on the upper 6GHz band.

20 February 2025 - In January 2025, the Office of Communications Authority (OFCA) of Hong Kong released a new version of table of frequency allocations.

21 February 2025 - Further to the KPC Regulatory Update of December 19th 2024, the Indonesia Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika have now issued the final version of the regulation NOMOR 12 TAHUN 2025 concerning the Technical Standards for Telecommunication Devices used in Radio Local Area Networks (RLAN).

22 January 2025 - In connection with the issuance of Regulation Nomor 1 Tahun 2025 concerning the Organization and Work Procedures of the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information, the name of the Ministry has been changed from the “Ministry of Communication and Informatics (KOMINFO)” to the “Ministry of Communication and Digital (KOMDIGI)”. 

08 January 2025 - On 2^nd January 2024, the Indonesian Direktorat Jenderal Sumber Daya dan Perangkat Pos dan Informatika (SDPPI) issued an announcement outlining a temporary solution following the expiration of the NOMOR 109 TAHUN 2024 regulation, which concerns the recognition of foreign test laboratories.

20 January 2025 - On 11^th November 2024, the Telecommunications Regulator of Macau (CTT) published a new Law No. 21/2024, the Legal regime of radiocommunications, which has been in force since 1^st January 2025.

17 February 2025 - On 10^th February 2025, the Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) announced a list of laboratories capable of testing IPv6 products that are not Wi-Fi-enabled.

10 February 2025 - Following the Kiwa Product Compliance Regulatory Update of 18th June 2024, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has published a new version of Class Assignment No. 1 of 2025 on 21st January 2025. 

13 February 2025 - On 10^th February 2025, Mexican Regulatory Authority, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT), published the Technical Provision IFT-017-2023 in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF). 

11 February 2025 - On 7^th February 2025,  Mexican Regulatory Authority, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT), published the Technical Provision IFT-016-2024 in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF). 

06 February 2025 - On 24^th January 2025, the Mexican Government published a Decree with some information regarding the newly created Mexican RF Authority - La Agencia de Transformación Digital y Telecomunicaciones (ATDT ) - which is intended to replace the current Authority - Instituto Federal de Telecommunicaciones (IFT).

28 January 2025 - On 20th January 2025, the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) of Morocco published a New Type Approval Regulation - DECISION ANRT/DG/N°16/24 OF 28 JOUMADA 111446 establishing the Approval System for Terminal Equipment and Radio installations. 

06 February 2025 - From January 2025, the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RATEL) will no longer perform conformity assessment tasks and issue mandatory Serbian Certificates of Conformity (CoC) for radio equipment. 

26 January 2025 - On 21^st  January 2025, the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore issued a notice regarding mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) and updates of publications and processes for Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS).

06 January 2025 - On 26th December 2024, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) initiated a public hearing to seek input on three draft notifications related to radio communication equipment.

03 January 2025 - On 6th December 2024, the Vietnam Government issued Plan 141/KH-BCDTKNQ18, summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW which seeks to streamline the political system for greater efficiency. According to the plan, 8 ministries and ministerial-level agencies will be maintained with internal changes, while 14 others will be restructured, rearranged and merged.

12 February 2025 - The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has invited any interested stakeholders to submit comments regarding the following document:  Trinidad and Tobago Frequency Allocation Table (8.3 kHz-3000 GHz) (Single Round).

07 January 2025 - On 11th December 2024, the Ministry for Technology and Communication formally announced that the 5925 - 6425 MHz frequency band is now permitted in the country.

28 January 2025 - On 25^th December 2024, the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) opened a public consultation on a new draft Circular, regarding Certificates of Conformity and Conformity Declarations for specialized information technology and communications products.

15 January 2025 - Further to the Kiwa Product Compliance Regulatory Update of 18th July 2024, the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) issued an official Circular 19/2024/TT-BTTT on 31st December 2024, regarding a new national technical regulation on specific absorption rates (SAR) for handheld and body-worn radio equipment.

04 February 2025 - On 23rd January 2025, the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) published the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Spectrum Release Roadmap.