ANSI Announces Expanded Scope as Accreditor

ANSI's website states "In an effort to facilitate cross-border trade of telecommunications products between Japan and the United States, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is pleased to announce that the scope of its accreditation program for Telecommunications Certification Bodies (TCBs) was recently expanded to include recognition of telecommunications requirements issued by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications."

ANSI became a recognized accreditation body of product certifiers that test equipment such as radio transmitters, telephone handsets, and more to determine whether they satisfy FCC regulatory standards. Under this scope expansion, test results and product certification by U.S. TCBs for this equipment will be accepted in Japan without the need to re-test the product.

This scope expansion makes Japan the fifth country to be included in the scope of ANSI’s TCB program, which already includes the United States, Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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