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Jordan: TRC promulgates Telecommunications Equipment Approval Instructions No. 2 of 2025


On September 16, 2025, the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) issued Instructions No. 2 of 2025 - Conditional Instruction on Approval Procedures for Importing Telecommunications Equipment and Telecommunications Equipment.

Updates to the guidance include:

  • Reports from laboratories accredited by ILAC-MRA accreditation bodies should be used;
  • New applications for local companies that have obtained type approval on behalf of other companies are valid for 1 year;
  • The
  • renewal application is valid for 1 year, calculated from the date of issuance of the new certificate;
  • The list of exempt products has been expanded to include scanners, data displays, and projectors that do not contain high-power radio communication functions or components; Laptops that do not contain high-power radio communication functions or components; Wireless mice, wireless keyboards, wireless headphones (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), wireless chargers, cables and wires, empty cabins, remote short-range control using infrared rays, hard disks and storage devices, GPS navigation equipment (without any high-power radio communication functions or parts), and production electronic parts without any radio communication functions or parts.

Click on this link to view the original TRC Instructions No. 2 of 2025.

Jordan: TRC issues new type approval regulations


On July 30, 2024, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) of Jordan officially issued new type approval regulations, which will come into force on September 15, 2024.

Key changes to the regulation include the following updates:

  • The validity period of the certificate has been shortened from 3 years to 1 year;
  • The label must meet the following requirements: be physically and/or electronically printed on the product and/or outer packaging/in the user manual and/or device operating system; The label must contain the manufacturer's name, brand, model, marketing name (and IMEI of the device with a cellular network module);
  • Exempt goods include: printers, copiers, monitors, desktop computers, and wired and wireless cameras without high-power radio capabilities; Short-range devices (SRDs) that support Bluetooth technology only; satellite TV receivers; Corded telephone without radio communication module.

Click this link to view the original TRC regulations.