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The Nigerian regulator (NCC) recently organized a roundtable with universities and telecommunications companies at MINNA in the northern center of the country. The meeting was held on January 23-24 ,2019. The purpose was to establish a collaboration between the Regulator and telecommunications operators for a successful development of this sector in Nigeria. Several universities and companies have come massively to immerse themselves in the realities of the telecommunications sector. Engineer Austin Nwaulune, Spectrum Director Administration of the NCC, representing Prof.…

ARPCE recently published a list of postal equipment for approval in the country within the framework of a Decree The relevant Decree is referenced No. 18-334 of 14 Rabie Ethani 1440 of December 22 ,2018 on postal equipment to be approved. The following equipment is subject to approval: postage meters; postage stamp cancelling machines; stamping equipment; automatic sorting machines; postage stamp vending machines; sorting tables and post office boxes; money order and mail time stamping machines; mechanical and electronic sorting…

Electronic communication equipment type approval In his message delivered on January ,15  2019, the Managing Director of the Malawi Regulatory Authority (MACRA) informed the public, including equipment importers, manufacturers, distributors and vendors of electronic communications equipment, that any electronic communications equipment must be approved before being used or imported into the country. This provision aims at making the professional sector comply with equipment that complies with the regulations. According to the agency’s first Manager Godfrey Itaye , several non-approved equipment…

No unapproved equipment shall be allowed in the country ARPCE (Postal and Electronic Communications Regulation Agency) will punish importers and distributors of electronic telecommunications equipment who do not comply with the regulations. This action is part of the regulatory enforcement policy. The regulator made an announcement since January 14 ,2019 inviting the above-mentioned parties to comply with the provisions in force within one week. Indeed, as part of its mission to monitor the telecommunications market, ARPCE confiscated several illegal equipment…

ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) recently published a project on compliance assessment of telecommunications equipment in SOUTH AFRICA. This project is part of the compliance assessment framework for the “equipment approval” document published on December 13, 2018, in which the public should submit comments. The regulator expects to have the participation of the approval stakeholders on the proposed document until January 30, 2019. The regulator’s vision is to have a dynamic approval-type sector that adapts to changes in…

Senegal is establishing favorable conditions for the ICT sector Senegal is willing to be a model in information technology and communication. After having expressed their willingness to have a regulatory framework of IOTs in the country through the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (ARTP) in November 2018, the country is laying emphasis on its policy for a better ICT sector. Indeed, they are planning with China in the digital field. The information has been unveiled on January 6 during…

NCC is multiplying its actions against counterfeit equipment in Nigeria The regulator is not willing to remain silent about unapproved equipment flooding the Nigerian telecommunications market. In their declaration made last September in LAGOS, NCC made it clear that they are willing to have a sector with approved equipment in Nigeria. For that reason, they are multiplying sensitization meetings. Indeed, they have just held a meeting where they explained the harmful impacts of counterfeit equipment on users and their consequences…

In the margins of the first meeting of African certification companies, held on last September 25 in Lagos, the Nigerian communications commission recently explained how to comply with the certification process of telecommunications equipment. The certification of Telecommunications equipment is mandatory in Nigeria, according to engineer Chuma Nwaiwu, Head of the wireless network and technical standards unit of NCC during his address in Lagos. In addition, he came back to the significance of the paperwork to be submitted for approval…

Obtaining certificates of approval is compulsory in the South Africa. As a result, the equipment which does not comply with certification standards will be confiscated and discarded. September 18, 2018 is the deadline for ICASA to dispose of unapproved equipment confiscated. Indeed, the Regulatory Authority announced last August 28 in the newspaper « GAZETTE » that from September 18, 2018 they will proceed to the destruction of equipment confiscated since the 2000s until today. As a reminder, the mission of…