On February 6, 2023, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued the Notice on Several Reforming Measures for the Network Access License System of the Telecommunication Equipment (hereinafter referred to as “the Measures”). The Measures has come into force on 1 March 2023.

Following our article on February 21, further key contents of the Measures are summarized as follows:

·   Eleven types of telecommunication equipment are no longer required access license: fixed-line telephone terminals, cordless telephone terminals, centralized extension systems, fax machines, modems (including modem cards), wireless pagers, narrowband integrated service digital network terminals (ISDN terminals), multimedia terminals connected to mobile communication networks, frame relay switches, asynchronous transfer mode switches (ATM switches), call center equipment.

·   Satellite internet equipment and functional virtualization device will need access license.

·   Cancel some access testing items for mobile phones: environmental adaptability, power reliability, and those are less related with telecommunications security and connectivity.

·   Qualified testing institutions of access license should lower relevant fees in accordance with the testing item cacellation.

·   The review result of the access license application should be provided in 15 working days, unless legal reasons applied for possible delay.

·   For the new telecommunication equipment that doesn’t have national or sector standards apply for access license, a trial access license should be granted after necessary testing and review, and the validation period should be 2 years. 

When a product will newly add or change commissioned manufacturing factory, or have product modification that will not change the outlook/main function/key components, then the access license holder does not need to apply for new license, but should provide information of such modifications timely on the official MIIT online service platform. 

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