Dear Reader Due to circumstances, the distribution of this issue is a bit delayed, unfortunately. Autumn has definitely arrived. The leaves of trees and bushes here in Oslo, after been yellow or red for a while, are now falling to the ground, and it is time for harvesting apples in our garden and mushrooms in the forest. The autumn is also time for many seminars as referred in an article below. The participants seem to become more local/regional, which could perhaps be another sign of increasing de-globalization. Regarding regional trade, in Africa there are interesting things going on, which is also amongst the topics in this issue. As regards global trade, the outcome of the soon coming US presidential election might certainly have influence on the further development.
India requiring security certification of networking technology products
The Indian telecom authority TECdid on 2 October issue aMTCTENotification on “Security certification for IP Router and Wi-Fi CPE products”.
Such devices are used for networking purposes, while serving different functions and having different features. Routersare designed to forward data packets between computer networks, while CPEs are designed to connect a customer’s location to a service provider's network. Although routers may be used as part of a CPE setup, they are not specifically designed for this purpose.
TheWorld Economic Forum has determined that Africa is accounting for less than 5% of global trade, and less than 20% intra-continental exports compared with about 60% for Asia and about 70% for Europe. The potential for transformation across Africa is therefore considered significant.
There have for many years been bilateral cooperation agreements on trade and associated matters between certain African regions, such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) from 1992 and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) from 1994.
Regulatory changes for telecom equipment in Nigeria
Nigeria is a West African country with coastline to the Atlantic Ocean and having borders to Cameroon, Chad and Benin. With a population of more than 230 million, it is the most populouscountry in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria is a federal republic of 36 states. The capital is Abuja, while the largest city is Lagos.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has now introduced important amendments to its type approval regulations for telecom equipment. The objective of the changes is to streamline the approval procedures and to ensure that the equipment meets updated standards as well as added security.
The Dubai AI & Web3 Festival is an annual event with exhibitions and conferences about cutting-edge emerging technologies. This year’s recent event brought together more than 6,800 delegates from over 100 countries to explore and expand the commercial possibilities of AI and Web3 technologies. Attendees included government officials, heads of State, academics, business leaders from future-focused industries, and representatives from AI and Web3 firms.
The in-person seats were sold out ahead of Nemko USA’s customer seminar in California in September, and likewise for Nemko Scandinavia’s annual customer seminar in mid-October in Oslo. Thus, a number of the participants had to take part virtually online. Both these events were conducted in English and had a total of about 60 persons participating, mostly representatives of manufacturers/ suppliers of electrical/ electronic equipment in different countries.
12 November - Nemko North America webinar: Accessing the Korean Market - Latest Regulation Changes and Best Practices. For information and registration, please clickhere .
21 November - Nemko North America webinar: A Guide to Radio Modular Host Integration for FCC/ISED
For information and registration, please clickhere.
13-15 May: 2025 IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering, San Francisco, CA
For information and registration, please click here:ISPCE 2025
IEC Academy courses and webinars For information and registration, please clickhere.
GSO courses in the Arabic Gulf Region
Information about themes, places and times may be seen here.
Receive invitations to Nemko webinars on current compliance matters The webinars will be conducted in English, and one will be able to access the recordings afterwards, for own use and sharing with others please register here.
Hopefully, you are finding these topics to be of interest.
