Mozambique: Regulator Bans Phone Equipment Causing Interference

Maputo — The Mozambique National Communications Institute (INCM), the country's telecommunications regulatory body, has banned the import, sale or use of equipment with the DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication) 6.0 technology which operates in the frequency range of 1900 to 2100 MHz, since it interferes with the 3G Internet network.

Speaking at a Maputo press conference on Monday, the INCM's Director of Radio Communications and Technology, Hilario Tamele, said that wireless telephones figure on the list of banned apparatus. This is because they use a frequency that belongs to mobile telephony services.

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