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Bureaucracy. Israel, like my own country, has laws in place which forbid the sale of any RF-capable devices until they have been expensively and painstakingly
by Maktab 16y ago
Bureaucracy.
Israel, like my own country, has laws in place which forbid the sale of any RF-capable devices until they have been expensively and painstakingly approved by some central regulatory authority. This sort of thing is common in state-heavy countries. The Israelis are just more competent about enforcing their laws and regulations.
- notauser 16y agoSo does the US - the agency responsible is the FCC. In general regulating broadcast RF is a good thing, because it only takes one badly behaving device to spoil the air space for everyone. You might think that it would be possible to rely on foreign certifications but standards are not totally harmonized between regions and governments worry that local inspection and certification is required to avoid having B-grade out of spec product sold in their market.
- bluetech 16y agoIt is not necessarily bureaucracy or "state-heaviness"; Israel is a small country, the army may be using these frequencies, and they need to cleared out before being used by the public. It was the same with bluetooth and other wireless technologies.