Through a tender issued in May 2022, ARPT showed its intention to acquire testing tools that will allow verification of WWAN, WiFi and other SRD devices.
The Authority has always been asking for a sample but for visual inspection only. Now, It seems that the plan is to move to in-country testing but no timeline has been announced yet
The tender can be downloaded from our Knowledge Center
On April 26th, Qatar published on its website its policy regarding WIFI 6E. In that document, CRA explains that the decision on the spectrum assignments for WIFI 6E will be done in two phases.
Phase 1: An immediate release of a class license for the use of WIFI 6E in the band 5925-6425 MHz
Phase 2: The decision on the assignment of the upper band 6425-7125MHz will be taken after the WRC 23
Also, CRA instructed on the use of the lower band as follows
For more on the conditions of use of the 5925-6425MHz, a guideline from CRA can be downloaded from our Knowledge Center
After issuing a draft in October 2021, TRC issued the final RLAN regulation on April 13th 2022.
The new regulation confirms the following bands as allowed:
2400-2483.5 MHz , 100 mW , Indoor & Outdoor
5150-5350 MHz, 200 mW , Indoor & Outdoor
5470-5725 MHz, 1W , Indoor Only
5725-5875MHz , 200mW Indoor only
5925-6425 MHz 200mW Indoor, 25mW Outdoor
57-71 GHz – TRC has allowed this band to be used with 40 dBm Max EIRP provided that TX power shall not exceed 27 dBm.
A copy of the regulation can be downloaded from our Knowledge Center
On March 17th, ARTP issued a new regulation for Short Range Devices Regulations.
The new regulation opens new bands for new applications:
For the full copy of the regulation, you are invited to download from our knowledge center
Egypt published on its website the regulatory framework ed Jan 2022.
The framework details the different licenses needed for the provision of each element of the IoT value chain. In total, five entities can be licensed/authorized to act on the IoT value chain:
More details on the LPWAN bands allowed for non cellular IoT as well as the full document of the regulatory framework can be found in our Knowledge Center.
For those with no much time to read the whole framework, NTRA issued an overview document that highlights the main points.
