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CAP. 411A
[Subsidiary]
Categories of
network and terminal
equipment requiring
type approval.
Kenya Information and Communications
[Rev. 2011
51. (1) All telecommunications and radio communication equipment shall
prior to their installation or connection to any public switched telecommunication
network in Kenya be submitted to the Commission for type-approval.
(2) The Commission shall grant type-approval for each type of equipment
once and subsequent users of the same model of equipment shall not apply to
the Commission for type approval:
Provided that any changes in models, design or specification of
any equipment which has been type approved by the Commission shall be
resubmitted for type approval.
(3) The categories of network and terminal equipment that require type
approval shall include—
(a) telephone equipment;
(b) fax machines;
(c) private automatic branch exchange (PABXs) (including small
business systems and key systems);
(d) telex equipment;
(e) modems;
(f) cordless telephones;
(g) cellular telephones;
(h) radio communication equipment; and
(i) any other customer premises equipment to be attached to any part of
licensed telecommunications or radio communication network.
Type approval
Procedure.
52. (1) All applications for type approval of any equipment shall be
submitted in the prescribed Form No. 2 set out in the First Schedule and shall
be accompanied by—
(a) the prescribed fee;
(b) technical specifications and manuals of the equipment; and
(c) where required, a sample of the equipment in quantities as may be
determined by the Commission.
(2) The Commission shall not be obliged to return to the applicant any
samples of equipment and associated literature submitted for the purposes of
type approval.
(3) Where the equipment submitted for type approval is a single channel
low capacity radio equipment, the Commission shall evaluate the application