United Arab Emirates - Regulation and Spectrum - History

21.09.2020

The Cabinet resolution of the UAE Terrestrial Radio Receiver Specifications for AM/FM/T-DAB+ is available in Arabic on the ESMA website.

 The resolution states the following:

 Article (1)

 The approved standard No. UAE.S 5021:2018, titled “The UAE Terrestrial Radio Receiver Specifications AM/FM/T-DAB+”, is a mandatory standard for implementation in the UAE.

 Article (2)

 The provisions of this resolution shall be applied as follows:

1. The standard applies to all other household and portable receivers from the date of 1 January 2020.

2. The standard applies to vehicles that are supplied to the country starting from the 2020 models with a percentage of no less than 50% of the vehicles, and it applies to all vehicles starting from the models of 2024 by 100%.