Roundup of New Radio Approval Procedures Introduced in 2025
Radio Equipment Type Approval Regulations – Whitepaper Overview:
In 2025, global radio equipment type approval regulations continued to evolve towards a combination of national approval requirements and conformity with international standards.
This whitepaper analyzes the new and updated type approval requirements for radio frequency equipment in 2025 across twenty major jurisdictions, highlighting a move toward automated digital systems, heightened national security oversight, and stricter alignment with international standards such as ETSI, IEC, and CISPR.
It provides a roadmap for manufacturers, importers, and compliance officers to navigate complex new requirements.
This Whitepaper Covers:
- Middle East: Safety and Integration
- Asia-Pacific: 5G Expansion and Digital Portals
- Europe: Ukraine’s Comprehensive Spectrum Management
- Africa: Strengthening Regulatory Oversight
- The Americas: Security and Modernization
*This whitepaper was originally published on 17th February 2026. Further regulatory developments may have occurred after publication. To keep up-to-date with the latest compliance news, sign up to our newsletter.
Authors
Aaron Green,
Senior Regulatory Compliance Consultant
Principal Subject Matter Expert
Senior Regulatory Compliance Consultant with Compliance & Risks, where he has been based in Cork, Ireland since 2008. Before starting with Compliance & Risks, he worked as a judicial law clerk and practicing lawyer in Minnesota, USA, with a focus on environmental and property matters. Aaron’s experience managing C2P’s “data in/Information-out” was incorporated into his PhD research investigating the limits of categorical representations in semantic communication
