Type Approval For Telecommunication Equipment in Indonesia

Type approval is very important to ensure that the device could be use through out Indonesia. Every country has their own policy (For example : Electricity capacity, Frequency range, etc).

Without type approval, there are possibility that some devices might enter Indonesia but couldn’t function and operate properly. This would cause a big loss for manufacturer who are interested in entering Indonesian market.

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* Advice on Approval Strategy
* Preparing complete application package engineering test support
* Local interfacing with regulatory officials on your behalf
* Reduce unnecessary bureaucracy

We have long year of experiences and we design our services in order to reduce cost also to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy.

We would provide you with all of the latest information without any ilegal moves. Our goal is to help our clients to achieve legal documents and papers according to the law, regulations and government policy. We are one of the legal and authorized agent you could trust.

Document requirement

To start with the project, please prepare these certain documents:

1. Copy of agency, sole agent or distributor agreement from manufacturer (For sole agent or distributor only)
2. Power of Attorney
3. Form PM.4
4. Form PM.5
5. Technical specification
6. Operational manual
7. Foreign test report (optional)
8. Required 2 units for a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) category while non CPE required 1 unit.

Type Approval certificate holder Obligation are as follow:
This also mean how to put the label when our application has been approved

* Certificate holder are required to attached label to each equipment covered the certificate, on their own effort within 60 days after certificate issued
* The label has to contained the number of certificate and the identity number based on Certification Institution data base
* The size of the label is depend on the size of equipment and it has to be able to see by bare eyes
* In any case that equipment is not possible to affix the label, the appearance of label in the package or in manual book of the equipment
* If there are any changes of the telecommunication equipment or the certificate holder address, the certificate holder are obligate to report to Certification Institution

IDENTIFICATION

* a. [Certificate number] is a number of certificate issued for certified telecommunication equipment
* b. [PLG.ID number] is a number of PLG. ID based one Certification Body database.

How to renewal type approval

when we already get type approval certificate in Indonesia, the most important things that we have to know how to submit extension of the type approval. I would like to inform you some of the administrative requirements related to the proposed renewal of the type approval or certification of telecommunication devices in accordance with the government regulation of Indonesia.
The validity period of the certificates is three years from the date of issuance.
As the validity dues, certificate must be renewed except:

1. The equipments are no longer for sale/trade
2. The equipments are no longer for use

The renewal of certificate must be reapplied in the prior of 30 days before the expiration of the certificate. Hurry up to check your validation date of the certificate.

The application must enclose:

* Original certificate
* A statement containing that there has not been any changes on equipments.

I hope the information above could give you an inspiration to entry in Indonesian market.

Five things you can do to manage cultural differences in virtual teams

We see more and more virtual teams or geographically dispersed teams working on a project now than couple of years back.

Several benefits of virtual teams include the following:

    • People can work from anywhere at any time.
    • People can be recruited for their competencies, not just physical location.
    • Many physical handicaps are not a problem.
    • Expenses associated with travel, lodging, leasing or owning an office / infrastructure may be reduced and sometimes eliminated.
    • There is no commute time.

There are of course challenges associated with managing virtual teams the major ones being Cross Cultural Differences

    • Geographical Distance including Time Zones

With today’s technological development and tools available Geographical distance issues can easily be overcome and the teams can adjust their work hours to ensure that you have several hours of overlap per day in common or at least the time of the meetings overlap.

Hence it is becoming increasing important then to “Know”, “Accept” and “Manage” the cultural differences between you and your virtual team(s). Individuals from different cultural backgrounds have different beliefs, values, attitude, behavior norms and perceptions.

Some cultures find it hard to say “No”, whereas in some other cultures communication is characteristically direct. For instance, you are a project manager located in USA and you have a team member working from India and there is a meeting scheduled late in the evening. This team member has another commitment that same evening. He would rather compromise on the personal commitment then having to say “No”.

In some cultures, hierarchy/ranks/titles are not as important, team members are expected to offer direct comments about their opinions and concerns. This is not always true for people who live in other cultures, where this might be treated as disrespect if he offers his opinion without having being asked to.

Some cultural consider it rude if a colleague is criticized publicly they would rather be told one to one. Traditionally, the Chinese do not like to publicly criticize a colleague. They want to ensure that the person being criticized does not lose face.

In short you need to understand the following cultural aspects of your virtual team

    • Communication styles

 

    • Attitude towards conflicts
    • Approaches to completing tasks
    • Decision making styles
    • Attitude towards disclosure
    • Approaches to knowing

Here are five things you can do to overcome cross cultural differences
Create a shared understanding of and team goals and objectives.

When the entire team works towards the shared goals and objectives the project is bound to succeed. The goals and objectives need to be frequently reviewed, shared and discussed among team members to keep all in the same wavelength.

Do not assume things – Communicate, Communicate and Communicate

    1. To begin with you would need to define a communication strategy for your project and team which should include
        • What, when (and how much) are we going to communicate?

 

        • Who will play what roles in the team’s communications?

 

        • Where and how will we communicate?

 

        • What technologies and media will we use?

 

        • It is advisable to use visuals in communications as much as possible.
    1. Build Trust
        • Listen actively and empathetically

 

        • Do not stereotype

 

        • Develop an understanding of the environment.

 

        • Have a honest and open communication
    1. Have a Project Manager or Coordinator who is receptive to the cultural differences in the team.

      I don’t think there is any doubt here, a project manager or coordinator who understands and respects his team can get better out of his team.
    1. Give people shorter assignments

 

      With shorter assignments you will be able to gauge the capability, commitment and the ability to deliver of the virtual team members without putting your project at a risk.

In view of globalization where in the physical boundaries no longer exist, virtual teams and globally dispersed teams are here to stay. The Project Managers and Project Coordinators have to adapt themselves to this changing scenario and manage the virtual teams by overcoming cultural differences.