Starting in 2012, the nation will only certify mobile phones equipped with either USB Micro-B or Micro-AB model charger ports, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
Mobile phone charger ports now come in a variety of shapes and formats, many of which are proprietary systems.
To help standardize the specifications of mobile phone charger ports, the commission has passed amendments to several regulations governing the certification of telecommunication devices.
Huang Ming-chen (黃銘真), a specialist with the commission’s technical management division, said that it has consulted phone and charger manufacturers, who all recognized that a standardized charging interface was a trend.
“We will give them a year to adapt to the new policy,” she said.
Huang said the commission would begin to standardize the formats of chargers next year.
Manufacturers who have yet to produce mobile phones equipped with USB Micro-B or Micro-AB charger ports must include USB adapters in the package before selling the phones to customers.
“By 2012, however, the mobile phones must have charger ports of either one of the designated formats, or they will not be certified by the NCC,” Huang said.
Huang said the policy would help put Taiwan a year ahead of the agreed schedule set by mobile operators of the GSM Association.
That trade group has committed itself to adopt a common format for mobile phone charger connections as well as for chargers by Jan.1, 2012.
Huang said that the measure would allow people to use one charger on different mobile phones, which in turn cuts unnecessary resource usage.
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