Information about Type Approval

A type approval is the authorization by the Info-Communication Authority for the installation, use or sale of radio equipment and/or terminal info-communications equipment – devices that are connected at the customer’s premises.

The following equipment requires type approval before they can be installed, sold or used in Montserrat:

• Cellular phones
• Cordless phones
• Fax machines
• GSM telephones
• Mobile radios
• Modems
• Wireless remote devices
• PABXs (including small business systems and key systems)
• Pagers
• Radio receivers
• Radio transmitters
• Satellite earth stations
• Telecommunications switching equipment
• Telephone instruments
• Telex Equipment
• Other equipment emitting a radio signal

Any customer premises equipment to be attached to any part of a licensed telecommunications network

Guidelines For Type Approvals