Article 3 – Type Approval procedure

3-1- In order to start the process, the application form along with the required documents must be submitted to CRA and after controlling the documents, appointing the valid Laboratories and determining the requested standards and time interval for sample test, they will be submitted to the accredited laboratories. On the receipt of laboratory report, in case of compatibility with standards and regulations, CRA will issue the type approval certificate.

3-2- For some equipment, CRA shall issue the type approval certificate based on the applicant declaration and warranty. The list of such equipments will be published by CRA.

3-3-While issuing type approval for some equipment, according to paragraph 3-2 above, CRA shall nullify the certificate in case of receiving any violation report and treat the applicant according to the regulations.

4-1- Upon receiving required documents, CRA can admit the type approval certificates of foreign accredited laboratories and centers.

5-1- The issued type approval certificate by CRA, would be valid for a three years period from the date of issuing. The applicant's request for extension must be submitted to CRA at least three months before the expiry date of the certificate.

5-2- In case of finishing the main testing of performance of equipment, CRA shall issue a temporary certificate for maximum 4 six-month terms, while the other tests are being fulfilled and completed.

Note: If appropriate, the extension of the temporary certificate is possible for the remained tests. After finishing the whole tests, the final certificate will be issued.

5-3- Issuing type approval certificate means the equipment is in conformance with all necessary standards published by CRA. It is obvious that CRA has no responsibility about any interference, harmfulness, damage or loss caused by the approved equipment for other equipment, directly or indirectly.

5-4- Type Approval Certificate shall be issued on the basis of applicant's request for ICT Equipment.

5-5- There is no need to apply again for those equipment made in Iran or other countries which have been previously approved by CRA laboratories.

6-1- The holder of type approval certificate should undertake all equipment supplied, are in conformance with the approved one.

6-2- The holder of type approval certificate should undertake that all equipment approved, would perform properly in communications networks and cause no decrease in quality of other services.

6-3-The holder of type approval certificate should affix the type approval label on all approved equipment with the same trade mark & specifications, by the time of the CRA announcement.

6-4- In case of any change or modification in the supplied equipment (hardware or software), subsequent to the issuing of the type Approval certificate, the holder of type approval certificate should apply again.
Article 7- Nullification of Type approval Certificate

7-1- By observing following cases, the issued type approval certificate would be nullified by CRA, and all producers & importers are obliged to gather the equipment from market and prevent of selling & distribution of them, by the time of CRA written announcement.

- The violation of the obligation

- Unconformity of equipment with exploitation certificate issued by CRA

- Inconsistency of the equipment or some parts of it with the assigned standards by CRA

- Making interference in communication services

8-1- The applicant should undertake all expenses required for issuing type approval certificate.

8-2- The amount of expenses would be assessed by CRA and confirmed by Commission.

8-3- The applicant should undertake all required expenses.

9-1- All laboratories must be authorized & accredited by CRA.

9-2- Only those laboratories which are affiliated to a legally registered company or institute in I.R.of Iran and observe all general standards published by CRA, will be accredited.

9-3- The accreditation of authoritative laboratories, would be valid for a three years period from the date of issuing.

9-4-CRA has the legal right to inspect & supervise the accredited laboratories and related tariff, which their list would be published subsequently.

9-5- CRA has the legal right to entrust accredited laboratories in order to conform the communication equipment to standards and principles of this regulation.

9-6- The accreditation of laboratories would be nullifies if:

-Observing any violation during inspection

- Termination of the accreditation period

- Violation of obligations

- Information enclosure or unauthorized use of equipment
Article 10- Inspection & Control

10-1- All complaints regarding to issuing type approval, would be verified & investigated by CRA.

10-2- CRA is the legal authority to investigate all complaints on valid laboratories.

10-3-Communication Authority Commission is the legal entity to judge on the context of the regulation.

This regulation has been ratified in 11 articles and 1 note by Communication Authority Commission on

30, Nov. 2008, and would be enforceable from date of ratification.

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Type Approval request to be made for particular model of the equipment with complete documents. Any request received for type approval of series of Model Nos will not be considered for type approval.

The applicant will be asked to deliver a demonstration of their equipment after completing all the requirements at PTA H/Qs Islamabad.

The applicant shall provide the following essential information:

i) Applicants Undertaking

ii) Photographs of the Equipment

iii) System Description

iv) Functional / Safety Test reports

v) Technical Data and Specifications

vi) EMC, EMI, Radio Test Reports

vii) User Guide/Manual

viii) Set of Circuit Schematic and Functional Block Diagrams

ix) Authorization letter (If T.A required on his own name)

x) Processing fee in Pak Rupees equivalent to amount US $ 100.

xi) Sample(s) of the equipment

xii) Cost of the equipment as per the quotation/invoice

PTA issues No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the import of Telecommunication equipment imported for Research & Development or Demonstration purposes. Following documents are required in this regard:-

1. Purposes/Justification of the import of equipment

2. Shipment documents. (AWB No, Commercial Invoice etc)

3. Technical Literature of the equipment

4. Authorization letter from company for whom the consignment being imported

5. Any other relevant document required

NOC Issuance Criteria for Foreign Missions:

Different Foreign Missions including High Commissions and Embassies forward their request to PTA for import of telecommunications equipment. It is clarified that no foreign mission based in

Pakistan is authorized to file its request directly to PTA and all such cases be forwarded through

Ministry of the Foreign Affairs, GoP.

Classified equipment being imported by different Foreign Missions including High Commissions and Embassies for Armed Forces/Law Enforcement Agencies, will be cleared by concerned organization/agency for whom the equipments are being imported under intimation to PTA. Further if the equipment is wireless equipment than the equipment shall only be released after getting valid frequency allocation from PTA/FAB.

Note: It is pertinent to mention here that total time lead for Type Approval application and

Issuance of NOC is two weeks after completion of all requirements.

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India

TYPE APPROVAL 

Type approval is an approval given to a Telecom Product or network which will be interfaced with Indian Telecom network for which an approved TEC Generic Requirements (GR) is available. Type approval is given after evaluating the sample of product for compliance to its GR. This certificate is technical compliance of product to Generic Requirement indicated in Type Approval Certificate. The Approval shall be granted after evaluating the product against all the clauses of the Generic Requirement i.e. approval cannot be given to part of the specification clauses while leaving out the rest. Separate Generic Requirements shall be available by TEC for each type of product.  Type Approval is granted to eligible applicants only.  The documents required are given in the check list for Type Approval.

Sample of product submitted for approval should be complete in all respects and fully equipped for its maximum capacity for testing. There should not be any need for add-on units for testing the product.

An applicant can be

a) Manufacturer(s) involved in the indigenous production of the equipment for which TAC  is sought. The process of manufacturing could be at any level of production - CKD or SKD.

b) Traders (Fully Indian owned companies) importing the product from Foreign manufacturers / sources.

c) Traders (Organizations established in India with foreign equity of any level with the objective of importing and selling the product in India).

d)  Foreign companies having their wholly owned establishments in India for trading activities.

Any Indian manufacturer, Authorized trader/dealer of a foreign manufactured equipment licensed service operator or local office of a foreign telecom equipment manufacturer  having permission from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for import and sell of their Principals product is eligible for seeking approval for an equipment for which an approved TEC Generic requirement exists. 

The Applicant shall approach the TEC for approval for his product against payment of prescribed tariff applicable for the Generic requirement. An approval granted to an applicant is in his name and is for a particular model of product and for a particular software version (wherever applicable) and under production at the stated site. The product must be actually under serial production at the claimed manufacturer’s site under manufacturer’s model No and serial No. 

If the firm is manufacturing the same product under different brand names for different dealers, he is required to apply separately for each brand of product. Interface Type granted to a trader is also in his name and is for a particular model of product manufactured by a particular manufacturing source. The trader is required to disclose the source of manufacture of the product. In the case of a foreign manufactured model of a product if it is being sold by more than one trader in India, each trader is required to approach TEC separately for Type Approval of the product.

In case the trader or the manufacturer makes certain changes in the product amounting to a modification of the product, it will be assumed to be a new model and shall have to be given a separate model number. The manufacturer/trader shall be required to apply again to TEC for certification of the product.

Check List for Type Approval:

1.             Forwarding letter.  

2. FORM ‘A’(Duly signed by authorized signatory )

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  The equipment should comply with safety parameters and the traders/manufacturers should submit full Manufacturer Test Report to MS IEC 60950-1 or equivalent standards.
  

Traders/manufacturers should demonstrate that the Handset has been tested and certified for conformance to the following International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) recommendations:

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  EN 50360:2001
  
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  EN 62209-1:2006
  

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  The SAR standard is maximum 2 W/Kg, averaged over 1 gm of tissue.
  

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  Humidity : 0% to 95%
  
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  Receiver Sensitivity : -104 dBm
  
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  Signal to Noise Ratio : 60 db to 100 db.
  
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  Operating Temperature: 0 to +45º C.
  
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  Output power: Maximum 2W.
  
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  Input/Charger power: AC 220 V, 50 Hz, 200 mA.
  
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  Minimum standard for Voice Codec : 13 kbps EVRC (Enhanced Variable Rate Codec) or 8 kbps EVRC.
  
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  Battery Parameter :
  
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    Nominal voltage : 3.7 V.
    
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    Maximum Charge Voltage : 4.2 V.
    
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    Minimum charging capacity :
    
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      For Basic mobile set : 850 mAh
      
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      For Multimedia mobile set : 1200 mAh
      

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  Supplier/Manufacturer should have valid IMEI/MEID number from the recognized international organization.
  

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  Supplier/Manufacturer must submit the valid IMEI number to BTRC to get NOC for Mobile Phone Handset trading into Bangladesh.
  

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  Suppliers/Manufacturers have to follow any future guideline related to national security issues, EIR related issues and cyber security issues instructed by BTRC.
  

1. The equipment shall be marked with the following information:

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  Manufacturer’s name or identification mark;
  
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  Manufacturer’s brand, model or type reference;
  

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  Other markings expressing the Quality as decided by BTRC.
  

2. The markings shall be legible, indelible and readily visible.

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  Any keypad used in the mobile Terminal should be alphanumeric and the relationship between the letters and digits shall comply with the ITU-T Recommendation E.161 (02/2001), section 2.2, 3.1.1 and 3.6. The keypad of the Mobile Phone Handset will be encouraged to design in both English and Bengali alphanumeric as early as possible and it will be mandatory from February, 2012 onwards as per the specimen (BDS : 834 : 2011) for keyboard layout of Basic Handset. For QWERTY keypad or Keypad of smart phone, Bangla keypad should be implemented as soon as the standard from BSTI (Bangladesh Standardization & Testing Institution) is published.
  

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  Should implement Bangla Unicode Encoding Standards with UTF 16/UCS2 and also with 7 and 8 Bit Handsets for backward compatibility to exchange Bangla SMS by January, 2012.
  

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  Should implement mobile phone Standard Bangla Keypad (BDS: 834: 2011) in all bar type mobile phone handsets.
  

Under the initiative of a program under Prime Minister’s office, the Telecom Regulator BTRC, Bangladesh Standardization & Testing Institute (BSTI), Mobile Hand-set vendors and mobile operators worked together to develop a standard Bangla key-pad to be used in the mobile hand-set in the local market. This was intended as a big part of the population is not comfortable with the usage of mobile phone for data services (including SMS), as most handsets are in English. And the handsets with Bangla option don’t have standardized keypad, which make the task for general mass difficult in typing Bangla. That’s why this coordinated effort was undertaken and Standard Bangla Keypad (BDS: 834 : 2011) was finalized to be implemented.