Botswana BOCRA start issuing Type Approval Certificates for exempted device

Botswana BOCRA informed that they started issuing Type Approval Certificates for exempted products since January 2024. 

These exempted devices must pass the verification and validation of the Type Approval process.

Applications will be processed by Technical Engineers to determine if the said equipment fits the exemption criteria or not.

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10-17-2023

Botswana BOCRA started enforced the new type approval guideline and issued a TYPE APPROVAL EXEMPTION

Botswana BOCRA started enforced the new type approval guideline issued on 27th February and issued a TYPE APPROVAL EXEMPTION LETTER on 1st August which empowered to direct and guide when there are telecommunications equipment’s which are to be exempted from Type Approval. The following equipment be exempted from type approval:

i. Personal Computers, laptops, Tablets, IoT etc. (embedded with Wi-Fi transceivers, Bluetooth transceivers, with the provision that the Wi-Fi transceiver, Wi-Fi5 CERTIFIED™;

ii. Receive only Equipment (FM/MW/SW Radios, Television, Satellite decoders, Set-top Boxes);

iii. Vehicle embedded RTTE (Blue tooth, navigation, remote sensors, Car Keys etc), should however ensure that RTTE operate in the appropriate frequency bands;

iv. And GMPCS Mobile Satellite Terminals with “ITU” mark.

The official link of TYPE APPROVAL GUIDELINES, 2023 as below:

www.bocra.org.bw/sites/default/files/documents/Annex%201%20-%20BOCRA%20Type%20Approval%20Guidelines%202023%20-%20Copy.pdf