Overview

The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) is conducting a public consultation on the proposed draft "Conformity Assessment Procedure" (PEC in Spanish) for Telecommunications and Radio Broadcasting.

Objectives of the Preliminary Draft

The main objectives of the Preliminary Draft are to establish:

• A basis for simplifying the procedure for conformity assessment and approval of products for telecommunications and broadcasting.
• A robust and efficient certification monitoring scheme.
• The certification procedure for telecommunication or broadcasting products and their compliance with the Technical Provisions on telecommunications and broadcasting.
• A dispute resolution procedure for telecommunications or broadcasting infrastructure and its compliance with the Technical Provisions.
• The procedure for monitoring the Certificates of Conformity to maintain the validity of the assertion of conformity of telecommunications or broadcasting products with respect to the Technical Provisions.
• A procedure for monitoring compliance to maintain the validity of the affirmation of conformity of telecommunications infrastructure or broadcasting with respect to the Technical Provisions.

Important Dates

The public consultation will conclude on July 31, 2017, and it is expected that the following NOMS will lose their validity:

1. NOM-088/1-SCT1-2002, Telecommunications-Radiocommunications-Microwave Equipment For Fixed Point-to-Multipoint Point-to-Point Multipoint Systems-Part I: Radio Multiple Access
2. NOM-088/2-SCT1-2002, Telecommunications-Radiocommunications-Microwave Equipment for Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Multi-Point Fixed Systems-Part II: Transportation.
3. NOM-081-SCT1-1993, Cellular technology radiotelephony systems operating in the 800 MHz band.
4. NOM-084-SCT1-2002, Telecommunications - Radiocommunication - Technical specifications of transmitting equipment for the mobile radiocommunication specialized trunking service.