Wireless products entering the South African market must apply for model certification and obtain ICASA certification.

Certification introduction:

South Africa's Independent Communications Authority (ICASA, the regulatory agency for South Africa's national broadcast communications and postal services), all wireless products must obtain ICASA certification before entering the South African market. For wireless communication equipment exported to the South African market, it is necessary to apply for type certification from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), and only after passing the review can it be sold. This is also equivalent to the domestic network model approval application for South African ICASA certification. It should be noted that ICASA certification can only be issued to local registered companies or representative organizations in South Africa. Therefore, it is best for domestic manufacturers to apply for ICASA by local importers, but testing can Done domestically.

Basic certification information:

• Is it mandatory: Yes

• Controlled products: wireless communication products

• Factory inspection: None

• Certificate validity period: None

Applicable product range:

ICASA certification sets out requirements for product technology and functions, as well as equipment safety and electromagnetic compatibility, and is mainly applicable to the following products:
• Large telecommunications systems; • Telecommunications network equipment;
• Wireless paging equipment; • Digital Enhanced Wireless Telecommunications (DECT) equipment;

• Telecommunications systems (GSM and DCS); • Terrestrial sound broadcasting service signal transmitters;
• Commercial amateur wireless equipment; • Cellular mobile phones and portable wireless equipment;
• ADSL transceiver; • ISDN;
• Wireless equipment and services for marine use; • Point-to-point digital fixed wireless systems;
• Cordless telephone equipment.

Certification stage:
Certification consists of the following three stages:
1. Testing of the performance in accordance with the applicable technical standards Testing of the performance in accordance with the applicable technical standards;
2. Testing of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - both emission and immunity measurements EMC testing - EMI and EMS;
3. Testing of safety Safety testing.

Provisonal Type Approcal- Use of Equipment for Trial, Demonstration or research purpose on non-commercial basis.

About Us

Shenzhen LCS Compliance Testing Laboratory Ltd., abbr. for LCS, was founded in 2004 in Shenzhen, LCS is now growing into an independent comprehensive third-party institution which focuses on test & certification. Profound technical background and diligent working attitude decided LCS with an outstanding high starting point from the outset，pioneering spirit and consciousness of keeping pace with the times which predestined the thoroughly tempered course of LCS.

Our Labs

LCS Founding Members have engineering background and had gradually built up Safety Lab, EMC Lab, RF Lab, SAR & HAC Lab, Reliability Lab, Lighting Electrical Lab, LED Lighting Performance Lab, Energy Efficiency Lab, Electronic Cigarette Testing Lab, Chemistry Lab, BQTF, Environmental and Occupational Evaluation Lab, Battery Lab, Toy Lab, Textile Lab, Food and Food Grade Material Lab. The establishment of our comprehensive labs ensure our test and certification scope covers almost all fields, such as Reliability and Safety test, EMC test, Chemical Hazardous Substances test, Material Analysis, Food Contact Material test, Bluetooth Test & Certification, Environment and Occupational Health, Performance test of spare parts of Automobile and so on.

Authorization

Moreover, LCS won many authorized qualifications both domestic and overseas. LCS is recognized as IEC/ISO17025 laboratories accepted by CNAS and NVLAP, accredited by CPSC, CMA, accredited for CQC, ISTA, CBTL, SASO, SABS. Meanwhile LCS become laboratory authorized by TUV, BQTF issued by the SIG. LCS had also signed cooperation agreements with FCC, ISED, ETL, CEC, UL, E-Mark, CETECOM, KTC, SAA Approval and many other authoritative institutions, hence we can provide our clients with efficient and professional service for product test and certification.

Experience

Our RF experience ranges from WLAN (802.11b/g/n/a/ac), Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth (802.15.1), ZigBee (802.15.4), Z-Wave, UWB (802.15.3), WiMAX (802.16), SRD, DECT, RFID, NFC, GSM, WCDMA (+HSDPA/HSUPA), LTE, 5G (NR/VoNR/eMTC/eMBB/URLLC),UHF/VHF, WHDI, AM, FM, DAB, DVB, GPS, GNSS, COMPASS, GLONASS and more. The products we are mostly working with are basestations, client adapters, laptops, cordless phones, baby monitors, cellulars, radars, sensors, scanners, receivers, immobilizers, remote controls, etc. Modern products incorporate not often one, but a variety of co-existing technologies.

Welcome

LCS is a reliable party. With more than 20 years hands-on experience in the field of Radio, Telecom, EMC and Safety certification, including country approvals worldwide, we will guide you with our knowledge. You are very welcome!

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