On September 13, 2021, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has published the official Type Approval Technical Standard Regulation which came into force on January 25, 2021.

Further details and the major changes mentioned in the regulation:

-      The PTA has added IEC 62368 safety standard to the adopted technical standards. However, the test reports of standards 60065 and 60950 are also accepted currently.

-      The PTA has added the Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) devices to the list of the products that require type approval.

-      In the list of terminal equipment exempted from type approval has been changed. Specifically, the following has been deleted in this regulation which would remove the exemption on these products and bring them into the scope of the products requires approval:

   1. Tablet PC with Wifi only Functionality (Non - Sim based devices).

   2. Smart Watches with Bluetooth / Wi-fi Functionality only (Without SIM or Tracking).

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2021-10-21