New Type Approval Requirements

The National Communications Authority of Ghana (NCA) has new rules for Type Approval, beginning 2014-01-01.

A summary of the new Ghana requirements:

• A sample is mandatory (as-sold)
• NCA will publish the following data on their website:
  1. Brand
  2. Certification Body
  3. Country of Origin
  4. Date of Certification
  5. EMC standard
  6. Equipment category
  7. Firmware/Software Version
  8. Manufacturer
  9. Modulation type
  10. Notes
  11. Operating frequency band
  12. Radio frequency power of radio equipment
  13. Radio standard
  14. Safety standard
  15. Transmission capacity
  16. Type of RTT 
• All Type Approved RTTE must have a permanent label except for:
  1. WiMAX FORUM marked equipment
  2. WiFi ALLIANCE marked equipment
  3. UL Registered Component marked equipment
  4. Modular equipment
  5. IECEE CB SCHEME marked equipment
  6. CE marked equipment or FCC parts 15 and 16 approved equipment
  7. Bluetooth marked equipment
  8. 3GPP marked equipment