Category: Pakistan

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has released a draft regulation called, Regulations for Telecom Equipment’s Standards, 2022. These regulations shall come into force from the date of gazette notification. The regulation will be applicable on all license issued under the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re- organization) Act, 1996

The Regulation lists out the minimum international requirements that needs to meet for the technical standards, as of the following:

Electromagnetic Compatibility Standards (EMC) -applicable for all Satellite, Terminal, Terrestrial, Telecom and Wireless Equipment.

Health & Safety – applicable for all Satellite, Terminal, Terrestrial, Telecom and Wireless Equipment.

Radio Frequency (RF) Communication Standards – applicable to all Telecommunication Equipment
using the required radio Frequency.

Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Standards -applicable for all Mobile Devices using the required radio Frequency.

For more information, please read link

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started accepting applications for “Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)” license.

This license shall be valid 5 years.

Applicants for the license will have to provide letter of application, CNIC along with other relevant details/documents

Complete list of requirements are available here

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has published the Regulatory Framework for Short Range Devices (SRDs) and Terrestrial Internet of Things (IoT). PTA will begin accepting Class Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) Licensing applications starting March 31, 2022.

Official Document

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) release official publication of new Type Approval standard regulation. The new regulation may called “Type Approval Technical standards Regulations 2021” .The Regulation come into force from January 25, 2021 however officially it was released in the month of September 2021.  

         Identifying of terminal equipment that is approved by PTA, the type-approved product must contain a unique type approval number and verifiable sign reflecting, “Approved by PTA”.

New requirements:·   

    *  For devices operating in HF and UHF frequency bands, the device shall be programmed with in the allocated frequency band and output power as per License conditions·      

   *   For device operating VHF frequency bands the device are programmed with in the allocated frequency band only as per the License  conditions·         For all SIM/IMEI based mobile devices must have unique  IMEI containing Type Allocation Code (TAC) issued by GSM  Association·       

  *  For equipment for maritime functionality, Authorization from Pakistan Maritime Security Agencies (MSA) along with issued License from PTA is required.·        

   * All terminal equipment having wireless functionality shall operate on non-interference basis within the allowed frequency spectrum by PTA/FAB

Official publication document here

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: 

Pakistan PTA proposed new Draft Regulation of Type Approval Technical Standards. The proposed entry into force date was proposed to take effect on January 25, 2021.

The main changes in this proposal are the inclusion of the acceptance of IEC 62368 safety test reports to support Type Approval applications.

Also, in Annex E, the list of terminal equipment exempted from type approval have been changed. Specifically, the following has been deleted in this draft which would remove the exemption on these products and bring these products into scope of the requirements:

• * Tablet PC with Wifi only Functionality (Non – Sim based devices)
• * Smart Watches with Bluetooth / Wi-fi Functionality only (Without SIM or Tracking)

If these regulations are approved, this would mean these products would be subject to type approval in Pakistan.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority PTA issued its revised regulations on December 31, 2019. The type approval process was not notably 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 eg 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