Since its establishment on 22 February 2006, the National Communications Commission has been the competent authority for the regulation of telecommunications and broadcasting services and the resulting NCC certification. Originally, this authority belonged to both the Directorate General of Telecommunications and the Department of Broadcasting Affairs of the Government Information Office; the merged mandate of the NCC is a milestone that indicates the beginning of digital convergence.

Currently, 17 types of products such as radios, cellular infrastructure, radios of all types, telecom infrastructure, LMDS equipment, radio beacons, satellite earth stations, POTS splitters, DS1 technology, fibre optic technology, ISDN and public switched telephone network equipment have to be certified with NCC.

First, product tests must be carried out in Taiwan in accordance with Taiwanese standards. The application documents are then submitted together with the test report. After receiving the NCC certificate, it must then be marked with the NCC logo.

The most important facts about NCC certification

Application documents

months minimum duration

minimum costs

Required documents

Steps

Cost break down

Required documents

Steps

Cost break down

What is the NCC certification for?

You can also find detailed information under the product search, but the following overview already shows you here the compulsorily affected products:

Low power radio frequency devices
1.6GHz and 2.4GHz satellite personal communications networks
Mobile earth stations
2.4GHz high-frequency telecommunications terminals
1880-1895MHz wireless private branch exchanges and radio terminals
LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) Microwave Base Station RF Equipment
Microwave Base Station RF Equipment Type Approval
Mobile Broadband Base Station RF Equipment
Mobile Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
Personal locator beacons
Type approval of small earth satellite base stations
Telecommunications terminals and POTS splitters for asymmetrical digital subscriber lines
Telecommunications terminal equipment and POTS splitters for very high-speed digital subscriber lines
Telecommunications terminal equipment for DS1 telecommunications
Telecommunications terminal equipment for fibre optic networks
Telecommunications terminal equipment for ISDN subscribers
Telecommunications terminal equipment for the public telephone network
Terminal equipment for fixed network communications Multimedia content transmission platforms

Without NCC certification, these products would be rejected by customs.

How does the NCC certification process work?

Like almost all wireless technology certifications in Asia, the NCC certification process is relatively simple and quick. Manufacturers must first have their products tested in Taiwan according to the relevant standard. Together with the resulting test report, the application can then be submitted.

If the application is approved, the manufacturers receive the certificate within a few weeks, along with the regulations on how the product is to be marked.

In summary, certification has four main steps:

Conduct product testing in Taiwan.
Submit application documents.
Receive certificate.
Mark the product.

In some cases (e.g. if it is technically not possible to mark the product because there is not enough space on it) it is not necessary to mark, but in principle all certified products must be marked with the NCC logo:

NCC logo (elevated design)

NCC logo (plain design)

Frequent mistakes

There are errors in the application documents

The NCC authority has formal requirements that must be observed.

The products do not comply with the standards

The NCC standards are very often based on international standards, especially IEC standards.

The products are not marked

There are a few exceptions, but in principle all products must be marked with one of the two NCC logos.