ANATEL publishes Act Nº 7280 defining major changes to the Type Approval requirements for telecommunication devices. The new act comes into force on 1 June 2021.
Act Nº 7280 replaces Act Nº 2222 of 20 April 2020 and updates the Reference List of Products for Telecommunications. The main changes are:
1) All products that previously required renewal every year will now require renewal every two years. Such products include mobile phone chargers and lithium batteries used in mobile phones, residential femtocells, internal signal booster, cellular mobile phones, satellite mobile phones, collective use terminal for SMP, IP phones, regular telephones, DSL filters/splitters etc.
2) ANATEL will accept test reports from national and foreign ILAC member body accredited test laboratories for certain product types including digital switching centers, radar, satellite mobile phones, satellite earth stations and satellite mobile transceivers, various optical communications products, data communications equipment used in non-user environments and digital multiplexing equipment.
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