Last month the Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL) allowed the use of 918 – 928 MHz frequency range with the intention of use on Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ICM) applications, for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) equipment, Short Range Radio Communication Devices (SRD) and Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) equipment in the Resolución 1269/2020 published on June 17th of 2020.

For RFID

For SRD and LPWAN

Bandwidth per channel:

• RFID: Maximum of 500 kHz

• SRD and LPWAN: Maximum of 250 kHz

The number of Channels is not limited as long as they respect the limits within the band.

The products and devices operating in this frequency will be required to have a label on them or a statement in the user manual as follows:

• “En Paraguay, este equipo deberá ser configurado para operar con las limitaciones establecidas en la norma Técnica NTC-RF-918:2020 de la CONATEL”.

There still not a fixed date for the implementation of this new Resolution but BACL will keep you updated.

Sources in Spanish:

CONATEL Resolution No. 1269/2020:

https://tamsys.org/file/gycUe6AYrBxC83QRlRZ-qN48jrVyLJw7hFJhG6PUoQVhnv2/PARAGUAY_918-928MHZ_New_Technical_Normative.pdf

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