The following equipment require type approval:
- Cellular phones
- Cordless phones
- Fax machines
- GSM telephones
- Mobile radios
- Modems
- Wireless remote devices
- PABXs (including small business systems and key systems)
- Pagers
- Radio receivers
- Radio transmitters
- Satellite earth stations
- Telecommunications switching equipment
- Telephone instruments
- Telex Equipment
- Other equipment emitting a radio signal
- Any customer premises equipment to be attached to any part of a licensed telecommunications network
What is the procedure for type approval in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
All radio or telecommunications equipment require type approval before they can be installed, sold or used in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Type approval can be gained locally or if the equipment already has a foreign type approval then it may be exempted from local approval processes. To gain type approval for radio and or telecommunications equipment the following procedure must be followed:
1. Submit a signed letter requesting type approval along with technical documentation of the equipment and copies of any foreign type approvals certificates.
2. If the Commission is satisfied that the equipment for approval has been certified under certain FCC, ETSI or Canadian regulations then the equipment may be exempted from our local type approval processes.
3. If the Commission does not accept the foreign approval certificates submitted, then the equipment must go through our local type approval processes. With respect to local type approval, please see the following:
a. There is a lead time of 6 weeks for local approval
b. A sample of the equipment may be requested
c. There is a charge of EC$100.00 (US$38.00) which must be received before the
type approval process commences.
Are there any type approval exemptions?
The Commission recognizes the following foreign type approvals:
AMPS, TDMA & GSM Cellular equipment certified under the FCC Part 68
and other US and Canadian law sections.
Equipment certified under European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI),
definitions, rules and decisions
Facsimile machines that are certified under FCC Parts 15 and 68 and the related
radiation performance standards found in Title 21, Chapter 1, sub-chapter (j) of the
United States Code of Federal Regulations;
PABX and related equipment certified under FCC Parts 15 and 68 and related
Canadian technical standards for electromagnetic interference, including ICES-003 class B;
Other exemptions:
The following equipment when certified by the Commission as compliant with certain
technical standards are exempted from type approvals:
- Cable and other forms of wiring
- Household appliances
