{"id":2371,"date":"2026-10-28T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/?p=2371"},"modified":"2026-10-28T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:28:37","slug":"comments-on-draft-revised-information-and-communications-technologies-type-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/?p=2371","title":{"rendered":"Comments on Draft Revised Information and Communications Technologies Type Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) is inviting stakeholders to comment on the draft revised Information and Communications Technologies (Type Approval) Guidelines &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ZICTA-Draft-ICT-Type-Approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ZICTA-Draft-ICT-Type-Approval<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The substantive amendments introduced by the draft guidelines include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Risk-based classification framework<\/li><li>Streamlined Type Acceptance<\/li><li>Provisions for Post-Clearance Compliance<\/li><li>Formal Quarantine period for seized apparatus<\/li><li>Mandatory publication obligations; and<\/li><li>Expanded Labelling Requirements<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stakeholders may submit written comments using the official Stakeholder Consultation Comment Form by November 20, 2026 at <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/r\/Y4WvJngRGs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/r\/Y4WvJngRGs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further inquiries, ZICTA can be contacted at approvals@zicta.zm or +260 211378200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) is inviting stakeholders to comment on the draft revised Information and Communications &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/?p=2371\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373,"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions\/2373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ictaz.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}