Radio Type Approval Africa – Relevant components
Here is an overview of which components require certification for the Africa Radio Type Approval:
Radio equipment:
- Cellular phones
- Short range devices (specify types e.g. RFID)
- WLAN access points
- Cordless telephones or DECT phones
- Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) equipment
- Global Positioning System (GPS) devices
- Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) equipment
- Radars
- Earth stations
- Microwave radios or links
- Navigational aids
- Medical devices
- Antennas (for example: broadcast antennas)
- Peripherals
- Optical telecommunication equipment
- Portable radios (for example: handheld radios)
- Radio base stations
- Radio repeaters
- Vehicle mounted radios
Terminal Equipment:
- Landline/fixed-line telephones
- Fax machines
- Modems
- Private Automated Branch Exchange (PABX) equipment
- Video conferencing equipment
- Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) equipment
- Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) equipment
- Switching elements
- Network elements
- Access elements
Additional Equipment List:
- 5 GHz high performance Radio Local Area Network (RLAN) and ancillary equipment
- Amateur radio and ancillary equipment
- Analogue Private Mobile Radio (PMR) equipment
- Digital cordless telecommunications equipment
- Fixed wireless access and ancillary equipment
- Ground and airborne model control equipment
- Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication base stations and ancillary equipment
- Inductive applications and ancillary equipment
- Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) equipment operating between 1 and 3 GHz
- Non-specific short range devices
- Radio hearing aids
- Radio microphones in-ear monitoring and ancillary equipment
- Road transport telematics and ancillary equipment
- Sound broadcasting equipment
- Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) equipment
- Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) base stations
- UMTS handsets and related equipment
- VSAT and ancillary equipment
- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) equipment
- Wireless audio applications