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02-10-2020

New Type Approval Procedure comes into effect on 16/12/2020

On 09th October the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) in Sri Lanka issued “Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (RTTE) Type Approval Rules 2020” in the official Gazette coming into force on 16th December 2020.

  • Accordingly, two type approval procedures were introduced: 
    Standard Type Approval: a representative sample of RTTE should be submitted accompied by a Technical Construction File (TCF)
    Simplified Type Approval is applicable for: RTTE that appears on the Commission’s Type Approval Register which was previously approved by the Commission at the time the original application was made. The applicants should ensure that the RTTE applied for is identical to the RTTE which was already approved