Pakistan

Neuigkeiten in Pakistan

• 2022-09-08PTA outlines New Regulations for Telecom Equipment

  The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has newly issued Draft Regulations for Telecom Equipment Standards 2022. The paper stipulates mandatory testing and describes standards for various telecommunication devices.  

  Adopting international requirements for telecommunication equipment, the Pakistan Authority lists minimum technical standards, inter alia, the following ones:

  • Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC);
  • Health and Safety;
  • Radio Frequency (RF) Communication;
  • Human Exposure.

  Technical specification for every standard are also delineated in the draft. 

  
  

• 2022-05-10PTA: New Regulations for SRDs & Terrestrial IoT Services

  On February, 14th 2022, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued a new Regulatory Framework for Short Range Devices (SRD) and Terrestrial IoT Services. The document covers several strategy and development points, inter alia:

  • Service Provisioning;
  • Licensing;
  • General Conditions;
  • Radio Frequency Spectrums (relevant for short range devices / SRD, RLANs in 5 GHz band, ultra wide band devices / UWB, fixed services in 57-66 GHz range, long range IoT / LPWAN).

  According to the Regulation, all above mentioned devices operating in the frequency bands declared in the document, are now subject to mandatory type approval procedure in Pakistan. This affects NFC Devices (13.56 MHz) as well.

  Full English version of the paper can be accessed under this link.

  
  

• 2021-11-09New Type Approval Regulation published in the official Gazette

  The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) published the updated "Type Approval Technical Standards Regulations, 2021" in the Gazette of Pakistan on September 13, 2021

  The following devices were removed from the list of exempted technologies and therefore, are subject to mandatory type approval:

  • Tablet PCs with WiFi only (Non-Sim based devices)
  • Smart watches with BT / WiFi only (Without Sim or tracking)
  • UWB devices

  Furthermore, EN 62368-1 has been added to the list of accepted standards.

  The changes came into force retroactively on 2021-01-25, despite being published recently in the official Gazette.

   

  Source: The Gazette of Pakistan

  
  

• 2020-03-17PTA issued revised Type Approval Regulations

  The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority PTA issued its revised regulations on December 31, 2019. The type approval process was not noteably changed, but:

  1. the sample return value limit was lowered from 3000 USD to 2000 USD. 
  
  2 The local system testing part is now officially included in this regulation. In regard of this system based testing, applicants may be asked to provide device samples. Clause 5.1.m of Section 2 of the revised regulation reads as follows:
  "As part of type approval evaluation, PTA will perform system based checking e.g. operation system, firmware, output power, programmed frequencies as and when required. PTA may also ask to provide demo of the device to show all the features programmed in the devices and compare the same with submitted test report. This demo may be asked in person or through video conferencing as deemed appropriate."

   

  Source: https://www.pta.gov.pk/assets/media/ta_reg_28022020.pdf

  
  

• 2019-01-24New Regulation and exempted equipment

  The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has notified new regulations.

  All details related to equipment that is exempted and the one that requires type approval is listed within the regulations and all are required to abide by the notified regulations and procedures.

  The new regulation can be found here.

  https://www.pta.gov.pk/assets/media/type_app_standards_reg_2018_181218.pdf

  The PTA has also published a list of exempted equipment:

  These are in detail:

  • Networking Equipment
  • Laptops, Desktopts, Personal Cumputer (without SIM)
  • Tablet PC with WiFi (without SIM)
  • GPS devices
  • Smart Watches with Bluetooth / WiFi (without SIM)

  The hole list can be downloaded on www.pta.gov.pk

  
  

• 2018-03-14New regulation and application form available online

  The Type Approval Technical Standards Regulations released on 2017-12-31 by the PTA (Pakistan Communication Authority) is now available online, as well as the new form for a "Certificate of Compliance to technical standards".

  
  

• 2017-05-28Addition to List of Devices Exempt from Type Approval

  Pakistan’s Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has extended its list of devices which are exempt from Type Approval in Pakistan, adding Wi-Fi Access Points Operating in ISM Band (2.4-2.5 GHz, 5725-5.875 GHz) and conforming to PTA ISM Band Regulation SRO 287(I)/2016. This list was published May 26, 2017 as follows:

  1. Networking Equipment (Switches, Firewalls, Servers, Storage Devices)
  2. Laptops /Desktops/Personal Computer (PC)
  3. Tablet PC with Wi-Fi only Functionality (Non-Sim based devices)
  4. GPS only devices
  5. Smart Watches with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi functionality only (without SIM or tracking features)
  6. RFID/Bluetooth/NFC devices
  7. Wi-Fi Access Points operating in ISM Band (2.4 – 2.5 GHZ, 5725 – 5.875 GHz) and conforming to PTA ISM Band Regulation SRO 287(I)/2016

  The listed devices do not require a Type Approval/No Objection Letter (NOC) from PTA, and may be directly imported as per customs procedures.

  
  

• 2017-01-22List of Devices Exempt from Type Approval

  The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recently released a list including following devices exempt from Type Approval:

  • Laptops/Desktops/Personal Computer (PC)
  • Tablet PC with Wi-Fi-only functionality (non-SIM based devices)
  • Networking Equipment (switches, firewalls, servers, storage devices)
  • Smart watches with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi functionality only (without SIM or tracking features)
  • 13.56 MHz RFID/Bluetooth/NFC devices
  • GPS-only devices

  These devices require neither type approval nor a non-objection letter (NOC) from PTA, and may be directly imported as per customs procedures.