Telecommunication equipment, radio equipment and telecommunication terminal equipment

• Draft revision of the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communi-cations on telecommunications installations (OOIT)

• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR) RIR0504-01, RIR0507-03, RIR0507-13, RIR0507-35, RIR0702-01, RIR0702-02, RIR0806-01, RIR1006-08, RIR1009-09, RIR1012-03, RIR1101-02 (to be amended)

The Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on telecommunications installations (OOIT) specifies the basic technical requirements with regard to telecommunications installations set out by the Swiss Federal Council. It regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.

The new article 2a and annex 6 specify how manufacturers have to inform the user on potential restrictions for the use of radio equipment. First of all on the packaging of the radio equipment (either with text in a language understandable by the buyer/user or by using a specific pictogram). Secondly, detailed infor-mation on the restriction shall be in the user manual. These provisions are based on the according delegated act from the EU Commission.

For the emergency channel (E-Channel) the allowed transmit power has been raised and digital modulations and data are now allowed (RIR0504-01). For PMR applications the lower band edge has been moved from 406.0 down to 405.9 MHz (RIR0507-03 and RIR0507-03). For the use of the PMR446 band with regular PMR equipment the maximal output power has been defined at the antenna connector (RIR0507-35). For meteorological sondes the upper band edge has been moved from 406.0 down to 405.9 MHz (RIR0702-01 and RIR0702-02). For satellite News Gathering (SNG) Transportable Earth Stations (TES) in the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) in the frequency range of 12.75 - 14.5 GHz the sub bands and license conditions have been changed (RIR0806-01). For Ultra Low Power Active Medical Implant communication systems (ULP-AMI) the upper band edge has been moved from 406.0 down to 405.9 MHz (RIR1006-08). For not body worn radio microphones between 1785 - 1804.8 MHz using more than 20mW up to 50mW EIRP a spectrum scanning procedure (SSP) is necessary (RIR1009-09). For vehicle and infrastructure radar between 76-77 GHz the application range has been extended to airport surveillance (RIR1012-03). For radio amateurs a new sub band has been added between 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz (RIR1101-02).