Botswana: Telecom - Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Type Approval Verification (SIM Enabled Devices) of 2020, Guidelines, 2022

Botswana: Telecom - Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Type Approval Verification (SIM Enabled Devices) of 2020, Guidelines, 2022

In force (since Apr 01, 2022)

Extracted from the text of the Source: 

"The Guidelines herein shall be referred to as Botswana Information and Communications 
Technology (ICT) Type Approval Verification Guidelines (SIM-Enabled Devices) of 2020... 
 
1.4 The Guidelines shall apply to all Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), SIM-Enabled Device Supply Chain and SIM-Enabled Device users.... 
 
1.5. These Guidelines are established in the interest of the general public to ensure that SIMEnabled devices that shall be manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Botswana are registered in accordance with the provisions of the CRA Act of 2012. 
 
1.6. Grandfathering: 
1.6.1. All existing SIM-Enabled devices already registered in the MNO’s Equipment Identity Registers (EIRs) by the time of implementation of these Guidelines shall be exempted from the verification process until the end of the device life span.... 
 
The aim of these Guidelines is to: 
* Protect both the ICT networks and the consumers against adverse effects introduced by the proliferation of Non-Type Approved counterfeit and substandard devices; and * Ensure that only registered devices are used in public networks. 
 
All interested parties involved in the SIM-Enabled Device supply chain must first complete Type Approval registration process for both the locally manufactured and imported devices. 
 
These Guidelines shall be implemented and come into effect on 1st April 2022". 
 
Publication References: Read the guidelines here