New Zealand Radio Spectrum Management recently published Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio License for Short Range Devices) Notice 2022. This went into force on August 1, 2022. This notice includes the following amendments: a) In the 5150 – 5350 MHz band, it is clarified that the use of Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and of Transmit Power Control (TPC) is only to be applied to 5250 – 5350 MHz as well as the power level where the e.i.r.p vertical radiation applies. b) The addition of 5925 – 6425 MHz for the use of WLAN in the Low Power Indoor (Special condition 30) and the Very Low Power applications (Special condition 31). c) For 57 – 66 GHz (with Special condition 22), there is an extension in the frequency range to 57 – 71 GHz and modifications to Special condition 22, including the removal of the requirement for “Indoor-Only Systems” and increases the power permitted. This entry is comparable to European provisions. d) For 57 – 64 GHz (with no Special condition) there is an extension in the frequency range to 57 – 71 GHz. This entry is comparable to provisions in the United States of America. The Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio License for Short Range Devices) Notice 2020, dated November 6, 2020 and the Corrigendum, dated November 26, 2020, are revoked.
New Zealand – Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio License for Short Range Devices) Notice 2022
