Wireless & RF
Wireless and RF Product Compliance
Regulatory approval for radio modules, transmitters, and RF products across Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, LPWAN, UWB, NFC, and radar, including modular approvals and the host products that depend on them.
The category
Spectrum is a national resource. Every transmitter needs permission to use it.
Wireless and RF products are regulated because they share a finite resource with everyone else. Each country decides which bands are open, at what power, with what sharing rules, and requires evidence that a device stays inside those limits before it can be sold. That evidence takes the form of type approvals, certifications, or declarations under schemes like the FCC's equipment authorization, ISED's certification, the EU Radio Equipment Directive, and national regimes across Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
The category spans standalone radio modules sold to integrators, complete wireless products, and RF devices that aren't communications at all: radar sensors, wireless power, RFID, and industrial and medical transmitters. The technologies differ, the test methods overlap, and the regulatory logic is consistent: define the emission, prove it stays within limits, and label the product so the authority can trace it.
ORBIS Compliance works with wireless and RF manufacturers on both sides of the module relationship: certifying modules so integrators can rely on them, and approving host products that use them. Our engineers understand the interaction between module grants, antennas, enclosures, co-located radios, and firmware that determines how much testing a product actually needs in each market.
Technologies
Radio technologies we approve
Wi-Fi
2.4, 5, and 6 GHz including Wi-Fi 6E and 7, where 6 GHz band availability still varies by market.
Bluetooth
Classic and Low Energy, standalone and in combination chipsets with Wi-Fi.
Cellular
LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, and 5G modules and devices, with PTCRB, GCF, and carrier considerations alongside regulatory approval.
LPWAN and sub-GHz
LoRa, Sigfox, Zigbee, Thread, Z-Wave, and proprietary ISM-band radios with market-specific band and duty-cycle rules.
UWB and NFC
Ultra-wideband positioning and near-field devices, with distinct limits and rapidly evolving national rules.
Radar and sensing
24, 60, and 77 GHz radar for automotive, industrial, and gesture sensing, under specialized emission and application rules.
GNSS and satellite
Receivers and satellite terminals, where receiver and terminal approvals differ by market.
Wireless power
Inductive and resonant charging, regulated as intentional or unintentional radiators depending on market and power level.
Modules and hosts
The grant covers the module as tested. The product has to earn the rest.
Modular approval is the foundation of wireless product development. A module manufacturer certifies the radio once, and integrators build products on it. The grant covers the module in the configuration tested: the antenna types and gains listed, the power settings, the firmware controls, and the conditions for host integration. Stay inside those conditions and many markets accept the module grant with limited host testing. Step outside them, with a different antenna, a metal enclosure, a second radio transmitting at the same time, or firmware that changes power or channels, and the host needs its own evidence.
The rules for when a host inherits a module grant differ by market. Some are permissive, some require specific host testing regardless, and some don't recognize modular approval at all for certain product types. Reading that correctly per market is the single largest driver of a wireless product's test cost, in both directions.
ORBIS reviews module grants and host designs against each target market's modular rules, scopes exactly the radio testing needed, and for module manufacturers designs the certification so the grant is as broadly usable by integrators as possible. Grant conditions and host approvals are tracked together in ORBIS Intelligent Compliance, so a module firmware change can be assessed against every product that depends on it.
Beyond the approval
Wireless products carry the whole electronics regulatory set.
A radio approval is one file. The same product also needs electrical and battery safety, EMC for its non-radio functions, substance compliance, producer registration, and labeling with regulatory identifiers in every market. In a growing set of countries, the radio certificate itself has to be published as a QR-linked page rather than issued on paper. ORBIS manages the whole set as one program, and the QRLink Comply Package publishes and hosts compliant certificate pages where those mandates apply.
Questions
Wireless and RF compliance
We're a module manufacturer. How do we make our grant most useful to integrators?
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Certify with the antenna types and gains, power settings, and host conditions your integrators are likely to need, in the markets they sell into, and document the integration conditions clearly. ORBIS designs module certification programs with that reusability in mind, because a broadly usable grant is a commercial advantage.
Is 6 GHz Wi-Fi approved everywhere?
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No. The band is open in some markets, partially open in others, and not yet authorized in several. Shipping a 6 GHz device into a market where the band isn't open is a violation even if the radio is otherwise approved. ORBIS checks band availability and requirements per market before the design is locked.
Do RF exposure requirements apply to our product?
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If it transmits and is used near people, some form of RF exposure assessment applies in most markets. For body-worn or handheld devices that usually means SAR testing. For others, a calculated or measured exposure evaluation may be enough. Requirements differ by market and device type, and we scope them alongside the radio testing.
Get the radio right, and everything built on it gets easier.
Bring the radio design, the antenna, the bands, and the markets. We'll scope the approvals for the module or the product, and show you how to make the grant as reusable as possible.
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