Costa Rica – New Type Approval Requirements for Mobile Terminals

SUTEL RCS-141-2022

The Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL) has published Resolution RCS-141-2022 “Modificación parcial del procedimiento de homologación de terminales de telecomunicaciones móviles”. The new Regulation states a partial modification of the type approval procedure for mobile terminals.

According to Resolution RCS-141-2022, the changes for new applications for mobile telecommunication terminals include:

  • Registration with the Dirección General de Calidad (DGC) which must be must be updated every four years via a notarized declaration letter, companies that already have registration will also need to perform this update every four years to maintain its validity.
  • A sworn statement, signed before a notary public, may be used to start a type approval process.

RCS-141-2022 came into effect on June 16th, 2022 and revokes RCS-118-2021.

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