Indonesia|2022 Plan for Incorporating Power Bank in the Mandatory,
Incorporating Power Bank,

▍What is CTIA CERTIFICATION?

CTIA, the abbreviation of Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, is a non-profit civic organization established in 1984 for the purpose of guaranteeing benefit of operators, manufacturers and users. CTIA consists of all U.S. operators and manufacturers from mobile radio services, as well as from wireless data services and products. Supported by FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Congress, CTIA performs a large part of duties and functions that were used to be conducted by the government. In 1991, CTIA created an unbiased, independent and centralized product evaluation and certification system for wireless industry. Under the system, all wireless products in consumer grade shall take compliance tests and those complying with the relevant standards will be granted to utilize CTIA marking and hit store shelves of North American communication market.

CATL (CTIA Authorized Testing Laboratory) represents labs accredited by CTIA for testing and review. Testing reports issued from CATL would be all approved by CTIA. While other testing reports and results from non-CATL will not be recognized or have no access to CTIA. CATL accredited by CTIA varies in industries and certifications. Only CATL which is qualified for battery compliance test and inspection has access to battery certification for compliance to  IEEE1725.

▍CTIA Battery Testing Standards

a) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1725— Applicable to Battery Systems with single cell or multiple cells connected in parallel;

b) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1625— Applicable to Battery Systems with multiple cells connected in parallel or in both parallel and series;

Warm tips: Select above certification standards properly for batteries used in mobile phones and computers. Do not misuse IEE1725 for batteries in mobile phones or IEEE1625 for batteries in computers.

▍Why MCM？

● Hard Technology: Since 2014, MCM has been attending battery pack conference held by CTIA in US annually, and is able to obtain latest update and understand new policy trends about CTIA in a more prompt, accurate and active way. 

●Qualification: MCM is CATL accredited by CTIA and is qualified to perform all processes related to certification including testing, factory audit and report uploading.

BSN (Indonesian National Standards has issued a Plan National Technical Regulation Program (PNRT) 2022. The safety requirement of portable power bank using lithium-based secondary battery as a power source will be included in the list of certification program.
Power bank certificate testing standard will regard SNI 8785:2019 Lithium-ion power bank-Part: General safety requirements as testing standard, which refers to IEC standard: IEC62133-2, IEC60950-1, IEC60695-11-10, IEC60730-1, IEC 62321-8 and Indonesian National Standards: SNI IEC 62321:2015, and the scope of application is power bank with output voltage is less than or equal to 60V and energy less than or equal to 160Wh.
In accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, since 2009, the Ministry of Finance and relevant departments have vigorously supported the development of the new energy vehicle industry. With the joint efforts of all parties, our country’s new energy vehicle technology level has been continuously improved, product performance has been significantly improved, and the production and sales scale has ranked the first in the world for six years.