Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.
In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you that I’ve been regularly updating for months.
It would be great if ISED in Canada would certify Fairphone. To my knowledge it's not and is, therefore, illegal to import.
Oh yes, I forgot that was the case. It would be good if we would harmonize our requirements with the FCC. I can't see a company going through the trouble and expense for a market as small as ours. (Not just the population, but the small percent that would be interested in these devices.)
@TheZorse @parismarx I'm into amateur radio, which is an even smaller market for users than a cell phone, but the mainstream radio manufacturers have all their models certified here. So I think it's definitely a labour or cost issue for a smaller outfit like Fairphone.
I'd love one too.
A fast-track bridge to handle the majority of the certification requirements based on FCC's might be a good idea to increase innovation, for sure! I wonder how different the requirements actually are?
I suspect the differences are minimal. A fast track might be more appealing to the government now, if the goal is to diversify away from the US.
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