SUBTEL - New Rules for Type Approval

The Subsecretería de Telecomunicaciones, Chilenean regulator and authority for type approvals changed their policy for type approval process and this will take effect starting from 1st July 2020.

Main changes are:

1. SAR test reports are required
2. products that have module implemented (“host devices”) will need to be approved using host device test reports. Module test reports can no longer be considered for the approval of host devices. Deadline for submitting applications the old way is 2020-06-30.  Applications that reach SUBTEL after 30 June will be treated according to the new procedure.

Information received from Certificaciones SUBTEL