Nemko News in Brief January 2023

Dear Reader

Hope you have had a good start of the new Roman year, which we must trust will prove to be a good one.

Also, it is hoped that those of you who observe the Lunar Year calendar have had a good holiday and happy celebration of the New Year of the Rabbit.

Here follows this year's first issue of our News in Brief, featuring the following topics:

Trond Sollie

Editor - News in Brief

Revised Technical Code for telecom equipment in Malaysia

The Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has issued a revised
regulation (Technical Code) for so called “IMT-Advanced (Long Term Evolution) - User Equipment”. It is based on the International Mobile Telecommunications IMT Advanced Standard, issued by the International Telecom Union ITU.  

Some South American telecom news 

- Chile revises technical Resolution for Short-Range Devices 

The Chilean Technical Resolution No.1985 for Short-Range Devices has been revised by the Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (SUBTEL).  

- Colombia allocates new Frequency Band 

The Colombian Ministry of Information & Communication Technologies (MINTIC) and the National Spectrum Agency did last fall issue a Resolution No. 737 that modifies Resolution No.105 of 2020 and updates the National Frequency Allocation Table. 

New E-waste management rules in India   

The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change of India (MoEFCC) has
issued new rules for E-waste management. These rules replace the current E-Waste
(Management) Rules, 2016 and shall come into effect from 1 April this year. The key difference from the present rules is that it will extend a wider product scope and a stronger surveillance process. 

Temporary ban in USA for some major Chinese ITC makers

The US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has recently released an “Interim Freeze Order”, which prevents certain named major Chinese entities (or their subsidiaries or affiliates) from getting approval of their telecommunications and/or video surveillance equipment for marketing in the US.  

Supporting the corporate Sustainability Policy 

- Replaced Christmas cards with trees

Normally, Nemko Germany has sent Christmas cards and calendars to customers and partners. This past Christmas, however, in the spirit of environmental protection and sustainability, they replaced the Christmas card tradition with investment in freshly planted trees in a forest near their location in Pfinztal, near Karlsruhe in Germany.  

- Environmentally friendly cups as New Year gift 

Also Nemko China wanted to make a contribution in line with Nemko’s corporate Sustainability Policy, and as the new year‘s gift to customers and partners, they provided this time special cups made by environmentally friendly material.   

Featured Events

2 March 2023 - Nemko Webinar: Cyber security updates in Europe 

For more information and registration, please click here.

1-3 May 2023 in Dallas, USA - IEEE/PSES ISPCE 2023 (IEEE International Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering) information may be seen here.

IEC Academy courses and webinars

information may be seen here

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.

Best regards

T. Sollie

Editor

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