On March 18, 2026, the Hong Kong Communications Authority (OFCA) issued the following performance specifications:

• HKCA 1078 Issue 2 – Performance specification for radio equipment operating in the 920-925 MHz frequency band;
• HKCA 1049 Issue 2 – Applicable at 865-868 MHz and/or 920-925 MHz Performance specifications for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices operating in the frequency band.

Click on the above standard number to view the original specification.

On March 18, 2026, the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) of Singapore issued a press release announcing that it had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The two parties will mutually recognize the IoT Cybersecurity Labeling Scheme, namely CSA's CLS and METI's JC-STAR. The memorandum will officially enter into force on June 1, 2026.

The press release pointed out that Singapore has signed mutual recognition agreements on IoT security with a total of five countries, including Finland, Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Click this link to view the original CSA press release.

On March 16, 2026, the Multisectoral Supervisory Authority for the Economy of Cape Verde (ARME) published the National Frequency Allocation Framework 2026 (QNAF). The framework is the primary regulatory tool for managing the country's radio spectrum and is in line with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Zone 1 standards. The plan introduces critical spectrum allocation for 5G mobile services, IoT, and public safety networks, while retaining dedicated frequency bands for basic maritime and air navigation.

Click this link to view the original text of the new QNAF release announcement of ARME.

On March 16, 2026, the French Prime Minister approved a revision to the French National Band Allocation Table. The revision includes 915MHz related amendments to support IoT deployments, upgraded regulatory requirements for wireless microphones, and 5945-6425MHz Wi-Fi out-of-band domain spurious emission limits. Among them, the harmonized standard ETSI EN 303 687 V1.1.1 for the 5945-6425MHz frequency band has a out-of-band domain spurious emission limit of -45dBm/MHz below 5935MHz for very low power (VLP) products. In 2024/3157 (EU) issued on December 19, 2024, the limit can be relaxed to -37dBm/MHz for products that support the frequency selection mechanism. 2024/3157 (EU) has already taken effect on January 1, 2026, and the ANFR revision of the band allocation table officially implements the relevant regulations of the European Commission.

Click this link to view the relevant band allocation update announcement for ANFR.

On 13 March 2026, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore updated the Guide for Registration of Telecommunication Equipment and the corresponding Supplier Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) form template. This update mainly updates the reference to the cellular mobile technical specification IMDA TS CMT Issue 1 Rev 4, which takes effect on March 6, 2026, which is the release time of IMDA TS CMT Issue 1 Rev 4.

Click this link to view the updated Guide for Registration of Telecommunication Equipment and SDoC Form Template.

On March 12, 2026, the Saudi Arabian standards organization SASO issued a notice postponing the mandatory implementation date of some products in the first phase of the regulations (SASO IEC 62680-1-2:2023 and SASO IEC 62680-1-3:2023) for electronic devices to uniformly use USB Type-C interfaces, including digital cameras, e-readers, amplifiers, keyboards, computer cursors (mice), portable navigation systems, portable speakers and wireless routers, the grace period has been extended to May 1, 2026.

Previously, Saudi Arabia divided the mandatory implementation of USB unified interface products into two stages:

• The first phase will start on January 1, 2025, and the products include mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, e-readers, portable video game devices, headphones, amplifiers, keyboards, mice, portable navigation systems, portable speakers and wireless routers, a total of 12 categories of products.
• The second phase will begin on April 1, 2026, and the product will only include laptops.

On January 2, 2025, SASO announced that it would provide a one-year grace period for Phase 1 products. This time, the mandatory date of the above eight categories of products will be postponed to May 1, 2026. SASO also emphasized that all institutions will no longer issue COC certificates for products that are within the scope of control but do not meet the SASO IEC 62680 series standards; No more Shipment Certificate requests based on certificates of conformity issued before May 1, 2026 that do not meet these requirements will no longer be approved.

Click this link to view the original SASO extension of the grace period.

India's National Centre for Communications Security (NCCS) recently issued two notices, the main contents of which are as follows:

• On March 11, 2026, NCCS published a notice on security test hardening。 The notice requires the applicant to provide reinforcement guidelines that meet the requirements of the annex to the notice, and requires that the reinforcement measures remain effective after the equipment is rebooted, and the telecommunications security testing laboratory (TSTL) should conduct tests on the reinforced samples, and the test results should indicate whether the technical requirements are met due to the use of reinforcement measures;
• On March 17, 2026, NCCS released another security test notice allowing applicants to apply modifications to their "device under test" at TSTL (DUT) provided that the relevant declaration is submitted as set forth in the Annex to the Notice.

Click the links in the above list to view the original notice.

On March 10, 2026, the Chilean Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones (SUBTEL) publicly solicited opinions on the use of the 600MHz frequency band for IMT communication services.

Click this link to view the original public consultation, which is open for comments until April 9, 2026.

On March 9, 2026, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published the Implementation Guidelines for Extended Reality Products (Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, etc.) (in accordance with IS/IEC 62368-1:2023) and the Implementation Guidelines for Migration to IS/IEC 62368-1:2023. Where:

• The product implementation guidelines state that from May 1, 2026, new certifications for XR products shall not use IS 13252 (Part1): 2010 or IS 616: 2017;
• The migration implementation guidance states that for all electronic and information technology products, the current transition period for IS/IEC 62368-1:2023 and IS 13252 (Part1):2010 or IS 616:2017 is until November 1, 2028. During the transition period, existing certificate holders should complete the standard replacement, and the certificate using the old standard will become invalid after the transition period.

Click this link to view the product implementation guide, click this link to view the migration implementation guide.

On March 6, 2026, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore published the Technical Specification for Cellular Mobile Terminals (IMDA TS CMT Issue 1 Rev 4). Updates to the specification include:

• From December 31, 2026, all phones must disable 2G networks by default;
• From April 1, 2026, all mobile phones must have emergency community broadcasting functions;
• Devices that reach the end of product life (EOL) before the above date are not subject to the above requirements.

Click this link to view the original IMDA TS CMT Issue 1 Rev 4.