Saudi Arabia Regulator – Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) – has revised the requirements for Technical Specification RI056 for UMTS (3G) and LTE (4G) Handsets and Related Equipment.
The CITC have issued an email notification re-confirming that all such devices must support all the following LTE bands:
- Band 1
- Band 3
- Band 8
- Band 20
- Band 28
- Band 40
- Band 41 (2540-2640MHz)
CITC have revised their stance on AVL and IoT devices (which fall under the scope of RI056). Rather than supporting the full list of bands mentioned above, these devices must now support all the following LTE bands:
- Band 3
- Band 8
- Band 20
- Band 28
This is a pre-requisite to obtain Type Approval for such devices, and for shipments to be released by Customs. These requirements are effective from today.