The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of Thailand announced a change in the type approval process for cellular devices. The change effects the technical standard NBTC TS 1027-2560 for the evolving UMTS terrestrial wireless access (E-UTRA) technology for international telecommunications (IMT) (technical standard of LTE equipment).
The LTE LAA/eLAA Band 46 will be opened and the NBTC requires a submission of a test report for all WWAN products using band 46. For the test reports, the NBTC also defined related test standards:
- For LAA Band 46 (receiver only): ETSI TS 136 101 (3GPP TS 36.101) version 13.2.0 or newer.
- for eLAA Band 46 (transmit and receive): ETSI TS 136 101 (3GPP TS 36.101) version 14.4.0 or newer.
Previous open bands:
GSM 900/1800
3G (WCDMA ) Band 1/3/5/8
4G( LTE ) Band 1/3/5/8/40
Current open bands:
GSM 900/1800
3G (WCDMA ) Band 1/3/5/8
4G( LTE ) Band 1/3/5/8/40/ LAA/eLAA B46
If you have any questions please contact our certification team.