Category: Costa Rica

The Telecom Regulatory Authority Superintendence of Telecommunications of Costa Rica (SUTEL) in Costa Rica has published RCS-141-2022, which revokes RCS-118-2021 released in last year.

According to the new regulation, for new applicants who wants to apply for homologation of mobile telecommunication terminals need to meet below requirements:

  Cellular product applications will now require hard copies with Apostille stamps, and the Apostille exemption for cellular applications is no longer in effect.

  Registration with the Dirección General de Calidad (DGC) must be updated every four years via a notarized declaration letter, companies already have registration will also need to perform this update every four years to maintain its validity.

RCS-141-2022 came into effect on June 16th, 2022

Official Announcement

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of Costa Rica (SUTEL) amended the National Frequency Allocation Plan.

According to the document, the national notes CR 058, CR 061, CR 061A, CR 064, CR 067, CR 069, CR 070, CR 072, CR 075, CR 077, CR 078, CR 103, CR 104, CR 105 and CR 106 of article 19 of Executive Decree No. 35257-MINAET, “National frequency allocation Plan” were amended with regard to the Recommendation ITU-R M.1036 and 3GPP TSs.

Moreover, the following frequency bands become available for unlicensed use:

902-940 MHz frequency band with Maximum output power of 24 dBm and EIRP of 30 dBm

5875-5925 MHz and 5925-7125 MHz with Maximum output power of 24 dBm and EIRP of 30 dBm

76-81 GHz band for vehicle radar products

The full text of the Decree you can find here.

Costa Rica SUTEL updates new unlicensed bands also including 5875-5925 MHz and 5925-7125 MHz.

The full text of the Decision you can find Here

Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL) in Costa Rica has issued RCS-118-2021 that extends the Apostille convention stamped documents requirement exemption for registration of new companies in the SUTEL online portal, in order to submit type approval applications for cellular equipment. The extension is for an additional one year, until June 9, 2022.

Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL) in Costa Rica has released minor updates to the type approval process for cellular products in La Gaceta Diario Oficial, Alcance N. 204, introducing new test requirements and eliminating outdated test requirements.  Please contact your Approve-IT project manager for more details and how these changes may impact your cellular products