Individual Licences Legal in Tunisia

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The Ministry of Telecommunications of Tunisia has approved and issued a decree organising amateur radio activity in Tunisia. It is now possible for Tunisian amateurs to apply, pass an exam and get their own amateur radio licences.

Those who already have a foreign licence can be granted licences without passing an exam. Resident foreigners can also apply.

New US Personal Radio (Part 95) Rules Take Effect

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The FCC's rewrite of its rules for the Part 95 Personal Radio Services takes effect from 28th September 2017.

Major changes include removing the 155-mile distance limit on CB contacts (which had virtually never been observed anytime the band was open in the past 50 years); addition of new Family Radio Service (FRS) channels (shared with GMRS, the General Mobile Radio Service); GMRS power restrictions on the channels newly shared with FRS, and allowing GMRS licensees to send text messages in addition to voice transmissions. (See July CQ, p. 26, for a more comprehensive look at the changes in various personal radio services.) 

Federal Register announcement -
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/29/2017-17395/personal-radio-service-reform

Part 95 Report & Order - https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-344617A1.pdf