Compliance & Product Regulatory ApproVals

SAR Testing Implementation Update

  • The Directorate General of Resources and Equipment of Post and Information Technology (SDPPI) opened the Regulatory Implementation Plan for Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Tests for Telecommunication Devices in Indonesia for public opinion on January 4, 2023. 
  • Further to this regulatory update Indonesia’s (SDPPI) has revised the schedule for local SAR testing implementation. 
  • SDPPI conducted another meeting on July 31, 2023, to discuss the implementation of SAR testing.  
  • The following are the major changes: 

  

Device category 

Part 

Mandatory date 

Mobile phone 

Head 

December 1, 2023 

Torso/Body and Limb 

August 1, 2025 

Handheld Computer 

Head 

August 1, 2024 

Torso/Body and Limb 

August 1, 2025 

Tablet Computer 

Head 

August 1, 2024 

Torso/Body and Limb 

August 1, 2025 

Laptop/ Notebook 

Torso/Body and Limb 

August 1, 2025 

Wearable device (if transmit power 

>20mW) 

Head 

August 1, 2024 

Torso/Body and Limb 

August 1, 2025 

Virtual Reality Device 

Head 

August 1, 2024 

  

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