Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00 GMT
Mexico USA, final version of the US-Mexico MRA for Telecommunication equipment.
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:00 GMT
USA-Mexico, the recently closed MRA brings new possibilities for small companies to bring their products cost effective to the Mexican market.
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:00 GMT
Mexico, the first labs in Mexico are about to receive their accreditation for NOM 121 related to 2.4GHz devices. Local testing will become mandatory in about 2 weeks from now. For more information, please contact Teleconformity.
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:00 GMT
Mexico, Telcel, the cellular branch of Telmex, nationally the biggest operator, is testing LTE for 2012 launch. The LTE trials reached speeds 50-96 Mbps. Additionally in 2012, WiMAX technology will also be introduced. Follow the link to read the article.
Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:00 GMT
Mexico, COFETEL designates the 77-76 and 81-86 GHz band as free to use (CFT press release of 2011-07-13).
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:10 GMT
Mexico, as of 2011-09-01, the new "yellow" energy labeling regulation by CONUEE and PROFECO will be mandatory, informing the end-users about the kWh consumption of the product. After testing, registration for each model has be concluded. High penalties will be applied when failing with the new requirement as of the date mentioned. The new regulation does apply to the main product only, not to AD/DC power adapters, unless sold separately. Find attached the list of regulated products.
Thu, 26 May 2011 18:00 GMT
USA/Mexico, the US-Mexican telecom MRA was signed today 26 May 2011. It will reduce technical barriers to trade for exporting telecommunications manufacturers, saving ICT manufacturers the time and expense of additional product testing and also contribute to lowering prices for consumers. The MRA ensures technical conformity by allowing U.S. certified laboratories to test telecommunications equipment to Mexican technical standards, and vice versa. The Agreement will cover telecommunications products such as wire-line and wireless equipment, and terrestrial and satellite equipment. This MRA is the first Inter-American MRA within the CITEL MRA Framework.
Sat, 14 May 2011 14:00 GMT
BRIC Countries are considered to be the emerging economies, but the world is changing and the concept appears dynamic and gets follow ups. South Africa also is mentioned with the enlarged abbreviation BRICS, however China might go solo and suddenly we have BRI, if not South Korea and Turkey are also fast growing economies so may becomes BRIKT. Recently, MIST is also being coined, which are Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey. Just keep following the developments here (source: Guardian)
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:00 GMT
China, 43rd meeting of the APEC Telecommunication and Information Working group in Hangzhou China from March 27 ~ April 1 (2011).
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:00 GMT
Joint Statement from the January 10, 2011 meeting of the NAFTA FTC includes reaffirmation of the joint commitment to enter into bilateral MRAs that establish procedures for accepting test results from laboratories or testing facilities in the territory of another NAFTA country (USA, Mexico, Canada) for use in the conformity assessment of telecommunications equipment. This will allow a manufacturer to test a product only once and then have the test results accepted in other NAFTA countries. It is the goal to conclude the MRAs by May 2011.
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:00 GMT
Telefonica (Spain) and Mexico (America Movil) have secured licenses from SUTEL in Costa Rica. The two operators will become the first private firms to offer mobile services in the Costa Rican wireless market.
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:00 GMT
As LTE gains momentum globally, service providers in Latin America are eager to capitalize on the opportunity to deliver wireless broadband services. Both the availability and allocation of spectrum suited to LTE and spectrum caps remain stumbling blocks for operators in Latin America...
Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:00 GMT
Update: List of Wireless ISP's in South America.
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:00 GMT
Mexico, COFETEL launched a public consultation on the use of the 700 MHz, 1.7/2.1 GHz and 3.4-3.7 GHz bands (2010-11-08).
Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:00 GMT
Report on the social value of the 700 MHz band in Latin America (source: DIRSI) .
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:00 GMT
RFID Journal Live! LATAM conference held in Bogota, Colombia. About how South American industry benefits from it and about the status of implementation.
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:00 GMT
Mexico, official government gazette announces digitalization of TV in order to free up 700 MHz band for 4G wireless services.
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:00 GMT
Mexico, Mony de Swaan elected as COFETEL chariman for the next 4 years (published 2010/07/07).
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:00 GMT
Mexico, NOM-121-SCT1:2009 has been entered into force (on 2010/08/21) and from now on requires in-country testing for equipent operating in the 902-928MHz, 2.4-2.483,5MHz and the 5.7-5.850MHz band. Find out all about this standard by entering here.
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:00 GMT
Mexico, a new resolution is published in the Diario Official de la Federacion (DOF) by the secretary of the Mexican government (SEGOB), stating that besides NOM certified products, the UL, Intertek, TUV Rheinland and CSA certified A/V products (UL/CSA 60065 equal to NOM-001), Houselhold Appliances (UL/CSA 60335-1 equal to NOM-016) and ITE (UL/CSA 60950-1 equal to NOM-019) can be imported without obtaining NOM approval. Products not mentioned require NOM approval as before.
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:00 GMT
Mexico, NOM-121-SCT1:2009 enters into force on 2010/08/21 and requires in-country testing for equipent operating in 902-928MHz, 2.4-2.483,5MHz and 5.7-5.850MHz. Other standards already require in-country testing, such as NOM-151-SCT1:1999 (analog TTE), NOM-152-SCT1:1999 (digital TTE), NOM-083-SCT1:2002 (UHF/VHF), NOM-084-SCT1:2002 (Trunking), NOM-088/x-SCT1:2002 (microwave). Contact Teleconformity for more information.