On 1 August 2024, the United Kingdom Communications Agency (Ofcom) launched a public consultation on expanding spectrum access for fixed links in the 32 GHz band. The consultation will be open for comment until September 13, 2024.
Click on this link to view the original Ofcom public consultation.
On 18 April 2024, the UK Department of Commerce and Trade issued Circular 0100/24 amending the list of standards for the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1803). It is worth noting that the electrical safety standard required in the list of standards is EN IEC 62368-1:2020:A11:2020, which is higher than the harmonized standard of the CE LVD directive, EN IEC 62368-1: 2014/AC:2015, and also higher than its successor version, EN 62368-1 2014/A11:2017, which should be noted when choosing the standard.
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On 15 April 2024, the UK published draft legislation to continue the use of CE marking under the Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) Regulations beyond 30 December 2024. The legislation, which will result in the UK continuing to accept CE marking indefinitely, is expected to come into force on 1 October 2024.
Click on this link to view the original text of the draft regulations.
On 1 August, the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) announced an indefinite extension of the use of CE marking by businesses, while retaining the UKCA marking recognition method.
The UK Department of Commerce and Trade intends to extend the CE marking of most goods on the UK market indefinitely beyond December 2024, and this update applies to 18 regulations under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce and Trade (DBT), covering the following areas:
On January 24, 2024, the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) announced that new legislation would be introduced to allow electronic labels. Some of the regulations affected by this announcement include:
Click this link to view the original DBT press release and the full list of affected regulations.
On 22 January 2024, the United Kingdom's Communications Authority (Ofcom) published a guide with advice on how Internet of Things (IoT) and third-party equipment vendors can respond to network change. Vodafone, Three, and EE are expected to shut down their 3G networks by the end of 2024, and VMO2 is expected to shut down in 2025. There are no specific plans for mobile network operators in the UK to announce a shutdown of the 2G network after the 3G shutdown, but this will be done by 2033 at the latest, and possibly as early as 2028. All 2G and 3G devices will need to be upgraded to at least 4G at that time.
Click this link is the original Ofcom guide.