Certification Introduction

FCC stands for Federal Communications Commission. It was established in 1934 by COMMUNICATIONACT and is an independent agency of the US government, directly responsible to Congress. FCC coordinates domestic and international communications by controlling radio broadcasting, television, telecommunications, satellites and cables. Involving more than 50 states, Columbia and the United States, the Engineering and Technology Department of FCC is responsible for the technical support of the Commission and is also responsible for equipment approval. Many radio application products, communication products and digital products require FCC approval to enter the US market.

Certification Type

On November 2, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States merged DoC and Verification into SDoC (Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity). SDoC certification will replace the FCC Verification and DoC certification procedures. All devices that are applicable to the FCC Verification and DoC certification procedures can adopt the SDoC certification procedure.

FCC has two different certification methods for electronic products: FCC SDoC and FCC ID (Certification). The former is applicable to ordinary products without wireless functions, and the latter is applicable to products with wireless functions.