The Saudi Organisation for Standards, Metrology and Quality (SASO) published the EMC Technical Regulations on November 17, 2023. The Technical Regulations will enter into force on May 15, 2024. The regulation covers a range of product/product family standards, including standards such as SASO CISPR 32.

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Recently, the United Kingdom has made new moves on network information security requirements. On 31 October 2023, the UK government announced that the PSTI Regulation, known as the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Related Connectable Products) Regulations 2023, will be enacted on 14 September 2023 and that this PSTI security regime will come into force on 29 April 2024 and will apply to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Based on the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, the regulation stipulates minimum security requirements for products provided to UK consumers, based on ETSI EN 303 645 V2.1.1 and ISO/IEC 29147:2018 Information Technology – Security Technologies – Vulnerability Disclosure Standard (2nd Edition, 2018).

At the same time, the regulation clarifies the following requirements:

• How it is deemed to meet the security requirements
• Information to be included in the Declaration of Conformity 
• Product List that is excluded from the regulatory regime

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This regulation shall enter into force on the date of publication. Click on this link to view the original article (EU) 2023/2444.

On October 26, 2023, GCF released GCF-CC 3.91.0, with the following changes in frequency bands:

• Delete band: None;
• New frequency bands: CA_3A-18A, CA_1A-41C-42A, CA_3A-18A_RX4, DC_19A_n257A, DC_1A_n257A, DC_21A_n257A, DC_3A_n257A, DC_19A_n257G, CA_DL_n2A-n5A-n66A, CA_DL_n2A_n77C, CA_DL_n2A-n48A-n77A, CA_ DL_n5A-n48A-n77A、CA_DL_n48A-n66A-n77A.

GCF-CC 3.91.0 will have an effective date of October 26, 2023, and a mandatory date of February 6, 2024 (GCF 3.90.0 will expire on February 5, 2024).

On October 23, 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) of Vietnam solicited public comments on the draft notice on the "1710-1785 MHz and 1805-1880 MHz frequency bands planned for Vietnam's IMT mobile information system". According to the draft, the frequency band will be used for IMT Advance (LTE-A) and IMT-2020 (5G NR). Mobile communication systems such as GSM that have been deployed in this band can be used until September 15, 2024.

Click This link is available for the original public consultation which is open until 23 December 2023.

On October 4, 2023, the European Commission published Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2392 in the Official Journal of the European Union containing new harmonized standards in support of the Radio Equipment Directive. The "Implementation Decision" has now been implemented, and the key points are updated as follows:

• The cellular equipment standard EN 301 908-1 has been updated to V15.2.1, EN 301 908-1 V15.1.1 will expire on April 4, 2025, and the previous version, EN 301 908-1 V13.1.1, has already expired on September 29, 2023;
• The DAB equipment standard EN 302 077 has been updated to V2.3.1 and EN 302 077-2 V1.1.1 will expire on April 4, 2025.

Click the this link to view the original implementation decision.

On September 29, 2023, the Federal Register officially released revisions to Title 47 to introduce a series of new standards:

• ANSI C63.4a–2017: Disturbance measurement method for low-voltage electrical and electronic equipment from 9kHz to 40GHz;
• ANSI C63.10–2020: License-exempt device test procedure. The mandatory date of this standard is October 30, 2025;
• ANSI C63.25.1–2018: 1 GHz to 18 GHz Field Validation Standard;

The above updates will take effect on October 30, 2023. Click this link to view the original Federal Register announcement.

Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFETEL) previously held a public consultation on June 23, 2023 on a draft modification of IFT-011-2022: Technical Specifications for Mobile End Equipment Part 3 Emergency Alerts for Cellular Broadcasting Systems. On September 20, 2023, IFETEL released the official modification of NOM-221 Part 3. The main contents of the modification order are as follows:

• The channels designated to receive alert messages in mobile end devices shall not be used for advertising, promotional or other purposes other than those listed in the Technical Regulations;
• Channels 4380 (primary configuration) and 519 (secondary configuration) must be enabled and activated via an MMI code provided by the ETM manufacturer;
• Compliance with the alarm message display format in mobile end devices will be verified by using a digital radio communication simulator;
• The conformity assessment will continue for mobile terminal devices that are undergoing conformity assessment before the modification takes effect, and the assessment can be completed according to the content of the original standard;
• Testing laboratories and certification bodies may continue to publish test reports and CoCs in accordance with versions prior to IFT-011-2022 published on September 13, 2022, for up to 120 calendar days after the modifications take effect.

The amendment order has become effective on 21 September 2023. Click this link to view the original text of the change order.

Following the public consultation on June 28, 2023, on September 12, 2023, the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) website updated the list of ISED certification standards, this time with a major update to the reference standard ANSI C63.10:

• Until September 12, 2025, manufacturers can choose ANSI C63.10-2013 or ANSI C63.10-2020+Cor.1-2023;
• Only ANSI C63.10-2020 + Cor.1-2023 is allowed after September 12, 2025.

Click this link can be found on the ISED website for a list of relevant standards.

The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) issued Ato 13011/2023 on September 1, 2023, again postponing the execution of Ato 5159/2022. According to Act 13423/2022, the mandatory date for Ato 5159 is 21 October 2023, while according to the newly published Ato 13011/2023, power adapters used by mobile phones can still be tested and evaluated with Ato 3481/2019 until 18 April 2024. ATO 13011/2023 has come into effect on September 4, 2023.

Click this link to view the original article of Ato 13011/2023.