ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence Programme on “Conformity and Interoperability” for the Asia-Pacific Region (17-21 October 2016, Chongqing, P. R. China) Telecommunication Standardisation Activities in Nepal Binod Chandra Shrestha Assistant Director Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) [email protected]
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ITUAsia-PacificCentreofExcellenceProgrammeon“ConformityandInteroperability”fortheAsia-PacificRegion
(17-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China)
TelecommunicationStandardisationActivitiesinNepal
BinodChandraShrestha
AssistantDirectorNepalTelecommunicationsAuthority(NTA)
Outline
• AboutNepal
• StatusofTelecominNepal
• StandardisationActivitiesinNepal
217-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
Nepal
317-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
SomeFacts• Official Name: Republic of Nepal • Capital City: Kathmandu • Head of Country: President, Vidya Bhandari • Head of Government: Prime Minister, Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal • Geographical Location: lies between 80o 4' and 88o 12' east
longitude and 26o 22' north latitude. It is Small, Landlocked, Mountainous Country located in between biggest countries India and China
• Area: 1,47,181 sq. Kms. • Altitude: Varies from 70 to 8848 meters. • Capital: Kathmandu. • Population: 26,494,504 (as of 2068 B.S./2011 A.D.)
417-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
TelecomOperatorsofNepal
●NepalDoorsancharCompanyLimited(NDCL)●NcellPvt.Ltd.(Ncell)● STMTelecomSancharPvt.Ltd.(STM)●UnitedTelecomLtd.(UTL)●NepalSatelliteTelecomPvt.Ltd.(NSTPL)● SmartTelecomPvt.Ltd(STPL)
517-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
VoiceTelephonyServicestillMay2016(Source:www.nta.gov.np)
617-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
Data/InternetServicestillMay2016(Source:www.nta.gov.np)
717-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
TillMay2016(Source:www.nta.gov.np)
17-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
TelecomTechnologiesDeployed
• PSTN • GSM • CDMA • WCDMA • WiMax • LTE (Planned to be deployed very soon)
1017-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
LegislativeProvisionforStandardisation
• RadioAct,1957andRadioCommunication(License)Regulation,1992
• TelecommunicationAct,1997• QualityofService(QoS)BenchmarkofdifferentTelecommunicationServices(Fixed,MobileandInternet)
• TypeApprovalWorkingProcedureforRadioTelecommunicationCustomerPremisesEquipment,2016(TAP-04)
1117-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
TypeApproval
• Forradiotelecommunicationcustomerpremisesequipments(CPEs),NTAhasbeendoingthetypeapprovalofradiotelecommunicationCPEs.
• Alltheconcernedmanufacturers/authorisedagents/representativesrequireapplyingandgettingtypeapprovalfortheradiotelecommunicationCPEsfromNTApriortoimportand/orsaleinNepal.
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EquipmentIdentifiedforTypeApproval
a. CustomersiteTerminalsthatconnecttopublicswitchedNetworki. GSM/IMT-2000/IMTAdvancedii. CDMAiii. GMPCSiv. OthertelecomdevicesusedtoconnecttomobileorPSTNnetworkb. LowPowerDevices(LPDs)orShortRangeDevices(SRDs)(WLAN-WiFi,Bluetooth,andother802.11xstandarddeviceshaving4W(max.EIRP)&1WMax.transmitteroutputpower,Frequencybands:2.4GHz,5.1GHzand5.8GHz)
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TechnicalSpecificationforMobileHandset
SpecificAbsorptionRate:ThehandsetshallhavetheSARstandardofmaximum2W/Kg,averagedover10gmoftissuea. ReceiverSensitivity:-102dBmb. MaximumEIRP:33+/-2dBmc. MinimumChargingCapacity:600mAh(BarPhoneand1000mAh(SmartPhone)
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DocumentationforTypeApproval• A copy of receipt voucher relating to the payment of application fee of nonrefundable NRs. 1,000.00 for new
application for provisional Type Approval certificate. • Functional Description with circuit Diagram or Block Diagram • Product brochures including technical specifications. • Operation/installation/user manual. • Internal and external photographs of the equipment. • Radio, SAR, Safety and EMC Test reports/Certification by the manufacturer or the authorised representative of the
manufacturer and/or Type Approval Certificate issued by at least one of the international/national/territorial standard bodies
• Declaration of Conformity (DoC) from the applicant in the format specified in Annex-4 • Local representative documents:
Copy of Certificate from Office of Company Registrar, Ministry of Industry, Government of Nepal or Department of Commerce and Supply Management, Government of Nepal and
Copy of Permanent Account Number Certificate from Inland Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal)
• Letter of authorisation (Power of Attorney) from the manufacturer to the local representative
1517-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
EquipmentImportAuthorisation• ThelicenseesofNTAneedNTA’srecommendationtoimportinfrastructureequipmentsforestablishmentand/orextensionofnetworktoprovidetelecommunicationservices.
• Suchrecommendations,whenrequestedbytheNTA’slicensees,aresenttotheMinistryofInformationandCommunicationwhoforwardsitsfinalrecommendationtotheDepartmentofCustomsorDepartmentofCommerceasappropriateNTAhasnotyetadoptedanystandardoperatingprocedureorhasnotformulatedanyguidelinesbasedonwhichsuchprocessiscarriedout.
• Duringtheprocessofsuchrecommendation,technicalspecificationwillbeevaluatedtodeterminewhethertheoperatingfrequencyrangeisasperthespectrumassignedtotheapplicant(NTA’slicensee)ornotandcomplianceofinternationalstandardse.g.ETSI,ITUornot.
• IncaseofMicrowaveradiotelecommunicationequipment,frequencyplanandnetworkdiagramwillalsobeevaluatedtodeterminewhetherthespotfrequenciesareapprovedbyNTAornot.
1617-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
OngoingActivitiesonICTStandardisationandConformitySysteminNepal
• Formulation of Regulatory framework of Standardisation ofRadioTelecommunicationEquipment
• Formulation of Regulatory framework of Type Approval/LicensingofLPD/SRD
• FormulationofRegulatoryframeworkofE-WasteManagement• Formulation of Regulatory framework of National NumberingAllocation,AssignmentandPricing
• Formulation of directives/guidelines for implementation ofnationalEIR
• Formulat ion of by laws of qua l i ty of serv ice fortelecommunicationservices
1717-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
LimitationsofICTStandardisationandConformitySysteminNepal
• There is no laboratory inside the country to test the compliance of therequirementoftypeapproval.
• ThetypeapprovalofradiotelecommunicationCPEsisonlybasedondocumentverification. NTA recognised certificates/test reports of international/national/territorialstandardbodieslikeaunilateralmutualrecognisedagreement(MRA).
• ThereislackofhumanresourcesandtechnicalexpertiseforICTstandardisationandconformitysysteminNepal.
• OnlyCustomersiteradioterminalsthatconnecttopublicswitchedNetworke.g.GSM, CDMA, IMT 2000, IMT Advanced, GMPCS etc and LPDs/SRDs withoperatingfrequencybands2.4GHz,5.1GHzand5.8GHzarefacilitatedfortypeapproval.
• TherearemanyLPDs/SRDsoperatingbeyondfrequencybands2.4GHz,5.1GHzand 5.8 GHz. There is no standard/benchmark like frequency range and RFoutputpowerlevelforsuchequipmentwhichareessentialfortypeapproval
1817-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
RecommendationandConclusion
• ThispresentationshowsthecurrentstatusofconformanceandinteroperabilityinNepal.
• ITUneedstofacilitatetoestablishlaboratoryforconformanceandinteroperability.
• Suchtraininghelpstoenhancecapacityandperformanceofhumanresourcesinvolvedinconformanceandinteroperabilityandalsobridgesthestandardisationgapbetweendevelopedcountryanddevelopingcountry.
• ITUneedstoencouragetoincreaseparticipationfromdevelopingandunderdevelopedcountries.
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ThankYou
2017-21October2016,Chongqing,P.R.China
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