Singapore: CPSO issues notice reminding registered suppliers of compliance obligations and possible penalties
Officially published at:2025-11-10On 10 November 2025, the Singapore Consumer Product Safety Office (CPSO) issued a notice numbered CPSO-101125-22 to Registered Suppliers (RS). The main contents of the notice are as follows:
- Reminder that registered controlled goods (CGs) may face supply suspension or prohibition if they are non-conforming or unauthorised modifications;
- It is an offence to supply or advertise suspended/banned CGs for the purpose of supply, and the offender is liable to a fine of up to US$10,000 or imprisonment for 2 years (or both);
- Clarify that RS needs to update the technical documents related to CGs modifications (technical modifications need to be re-certified/registered) and provide technical documents upon request within 7 days (violators will be fined up to $2,000 or 12 months in prison);
- CGs registration is valid for 3 years and must be renewed 6 months before expiration.
CPSO regulates 33 categories of household appliances, electronic and gas appliances and accessories, including adapters for ICT products including audio, video and computers.
Click this link to view the original CPSO notice.
Singapore: IMDA publishes CMT and CBS technical standards
Officially published at:2024-12-11On December 11, 2024, IMDA published the IMDA CMT Technical Standard (IMDA TS CMT, standard for cellular terminals) and the IMDA CBS Technical Standard (IMDA TS CBS, standard for cellular base stations).
Click this link to view the TS CMT technical standard; Click this link to view the TS CBS technical standard.
Singapore: IMDA updates its 3G network withdrawal plan
Officially published at:2024-07-24Following the announcement of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore on 26 July 2023 on the gradual withdrawal of 3G networks from 31 July 2024, IMDA announced the progress of the relevant decommissioning on 24 July 2024:
- Operator M1 has migrated all users to 4G/5G networks, and will gradually complete the retirement of 3G network equipment from August 1, 2024. Other operators will gradually retire their 3G networks from November 2024.
- IMDA will stop importing or selling mobile devices up to 3G starting in February 2025.
Click on this link to view the original IMDA announcement.