Republic of Korea: Certification and Radio type approval for your products

Certify your products for the market in Republic of Korea.

Our services for certification in the field of radio approval, international type approval (ITA), radio type approval, homologation, certification services in Republic of Korea enable you to have secure market access. In particular, our contacts for approval by Radio Research Agency (RRA) enable you to have smooth and cost-effective market access for wireless products in the areas of WLAN, Bluetooth, Short Range Device (SRD), NFC and Cellular.

Our Services for your International radio type approval

Safety:

  • Management of your approval for all important markets (EU, USA, China, Russia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and many more)
  • Monitoring of the running times and timely renewal of your certificates
  • Advice on change management (product changes and variations)
  • Reliable scheduling of your planned certifications competence

Competence

  • Advice - also during development
  • Phoenix Testlab Telecom Certification Bodies for EU, USA, Canada and Japan
  • Know-how in the country-specific radio requirements
  • Many years of experience of our international team
  • Experts with the linguistic and cultural background to facilitate your certification in all relevant target markets
  • Technology expertise in the fields of radio, industry, automation, automobiles, telematics, household electronics, and much more.
  • A large network of competent and reliable partners all over the world
  • Phoenix Testlab accredited test laboratories for radio, EMC, environmental simulations, electrical device safety
  • Coordination of all necessary tests on site and worldwide

The most important info on radio licensing in Republic of Korea

Type of approval

  • Certificate of Broadcasting and Communication Equipments

Office / Supervisory authority

  • Radio Research Agency (RRA)

Mandatory / Voluntary

Mandatory

Certification validity period

Valid indefinitely

Local representative required?

Yes

In-country testing required?

Yes

Average duration for radio approvals

10 weeks

Label information

Certificate of Broadcasting and Communication Equipments

XX-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX: Registration number from Korean Type Approval Certificate assigned with 4 parts:

Identification Code Prefix - Currently \"MSIP\", Previously \"KCC\"
3 Character Certification Type (REM, REI, RES, CRM,...)
3 Character Company Identification Code
1 to 14 Character Product Code (Often the Product Model Number)

KC label requirement
- KC logo + Certification number(Identification number)r + Conformity information
- Conformity information: Applicant name + Product name + Model number + Manufacturing date + Manufacturer name + Country of origin

Labelling position
- Product surface and packaging
- Conformity information may be marked at the user manual if product marking condition is hard to adopt such long description on the product surface(marking plate) and packaging.
- Too small device which surface area is less than 400 mm2 is allowed to mark only KC logo or certification number on the product surface and full labelling requirements(logo+ID+conformity info) on the packaging, or logo+ID on the packaging and Conformity info. In the user manual.

Contact Person

Uwe Dollitz B.Sc.
Section Manager International Type Approval
  • Dollitz Uwe