CSIA can provide supporting services should your company not be able to meet
country specific requirements such as a local representative, local certificate holder,
translating documents into the native language, etc.
Contact one of our friendly associates today, they are happy to assist you!
CSIA also offers FCC Certifications, CE Certifications, ISED Canada.
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Regulatory Updates For Mexico
Mexico Regulatory Approval Overview
For Information on FCC Certifications, CE Mark or International Approvals
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International Type Approval and Safety Approval
Mexico is in South America.
The populations as of 2024 is 103,739,927.
The official language of Mexico is Spanish, which is spoken by 90 percent of the people.
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Type Approval in Mexico
Mexico has two main approval bodies.
IFETEL (formerly COFETEL) and NYCE.
Most telecom products that require type approval in Mexico will fall into two categories.
Provisional approval and IFT 008/NOM 208 approval.
For products that operate the 900 MHz, 2.5 GHz and 5.0 GHz range:
- Typically we can use your FCC test reports as part of the approval process and avoid in country testing.
- The user guide can be in English.
- Once we submit the application for type approval (provisional) to IFETEL it typically takes 6-8 weeks for IFETEL to issue a provisional certificate.
- One year later we can apply for a permanent certificate. The certificate number remains the same so no update to you label is required.
- A Local Representative is required for IFETEL approval. Manufacturers are required to use someone associated with the company, residing in Mexico, to fulfill that role. In many cases that is the local importer who is registered with IFETEL.
- This permanent type approval certificate for Mexico is valid indefinitely.
Telecom products that operate in the 900 MHz, 2.5 GHz and 5.0 GHz range:
- In country testing is required similar to the type of testing the products would undergo during FCC Certification testing. They require a type approval certificate from IFETEL (IFT 008) and from NYCE (NOM 208). The certificate that NYCE issues is called a PEC certificate and a copy of this certificate must accompany every shipment into Mexico.
- The user guide must be in Spanish and there is a safety phrase that is required to be placed in the guide.
- A Local Representative is required for IFETEL approval. Manufactures are required to use someone associated with the company, residing in Mexico, to fulfill that role. In many cases that is the local importer who is registered with IFETEL.
- The IFETEL IFT 008 certificate is valid indefinitely.
- The NOM 208 certificate the products will be selected at random for surveillance/inspection. The surveillance/inspection includes re-test of a new sample. The selection of the random follow up visits (verification) is made yearly on April. A product which is assigned to an inspection one year, won’t be assigned the next year but the following year it returns to the random selection. Basically at some point once every two years your product will be called for inspection. This is a lifetime process.
There are also several different safety specific approvals, such as NOM 019 or NOM 001, required in Mexico for products that operate on more than 24V. Most safety approvals will require a local certificate holder. CSIA can provide this if the manufacture does not have their own.
CSIA can assist you with any type approval or safety approval projects in Mexico as well as Energy Efficient certificates.
NOM NYCE Marking Requirements
According to that established in the Regulations of NOM, your client can label the product with the “NOM” logo on the equipment, the package, the user manual or even in a flyer.
Frequencies allowed in Mexico:
902 – 928 MHz
Maximum output power 1W
Maximum EIRP 4 Watts
2,400 – 2,483.5 MHz
Maximum output power 500 mW
Maximum EIRP 2 Watts
5,150 – 5,250 MHz
for wireless LAN agree with Resolution 229 of the ITU general rules and UIT-R M.1450-2 and UIT-R F.1244
Maximum output power 50 mW
Maximum EIRP 200 mW.
Note that the frequencies listed above have several restrictions based on product type, use, etc. Also there are many more frequencies allowed but the frequency plan of Mexico can be complicated with different types of products allowed different Maximum output/EIRP, etc. You should contact CSIA with details of your product so we can review the technical specifications and advise you on frequency allocation specific to your products.
IFETEL Marking Requirements
IFETEL mark as it would appear on your product:
IFETEL: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
In every IFETEL certificate on the third page you can find some conditions to keep the certificate valid. The third condition is about labeling. It says:
The product included in this certificate must show the certificate number together with the trademark and model name as they have been written on this certificate, it can be either marked or printed on a label clearly visible, readable and very well attached, it should not get erased with normal use of the product, to offer certainty and security to the user to avoid misuse of the product. In case it is not possible to show the number on the product itself, it must be shown on the package, box, bottle, internal electronic record or user manual.
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April 2024
On December 26, 2023, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) of Mexico issued the Guidelines for the use of the IFT label, a significant update for manufacturers and distributors within the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors.
These changes directly affect the use of this label by manufacturers. Contact CSIA for more information on these changes.
December 2023
The Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) has released a call for opinions to receive comments from the public on the Draft Agreement to modify the Guidelines on Certificates of Authorization for the use and exploitation of frequency bands to provide secondary radiocommunication services.
November 2023
The Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) has introduced changes, on the technical specifications and test methods specified in the Technical Provision that establishes the rules that cells and smartphones must meet for the reception and processing of alert messages through the Cellular Broadcasting Service (CBS).
March 2023
IFT issued a press release on February 16, 2023 to announce that 5925-6425 MHz is now designated as unlicensed spectrum, open to use by anyone in Mexico without authorization or a license from IFT.
The use of this band is limited to low-power indoor systems and very low-power indoor/outdoor systems. Outdoor use is currently excluded however the IFT is conducting further studies.
This decision almost doubles the amount of available spectrum for Wi-Fi services in Mexico when added to the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands already in use and provides sufficient spectrum for free communication in the short and medium term, particularly for Wi-Fi and other technologies that use this type of spectrum.