Saudi Arabia / SASO
SASO 3114:2026, "Requirements for Specific ICT Equipment," replaces the CITC/CST specification GEN-002 as the technical standard used to certify mobile phones, tablets, routers, CPE, cellular-enabled devices, ONT/HAG equipment and Wi-Fi distribution devices for the Saudi market. A grace period runs until 31 October 2026; from 1 November 2026 no certificate of conformity will be issued for a covered product unless it meets the new standard, and certificates already issued under GEN-002 must be phased out no later than 31 March 2027.
Last updated 11 September 2026
SASO has revised and replaced the CST specification GEN-002 with the new Saudi Standard SASO 3114:2026, "Requirements for Specific ICT Equipment." A grace period runs until 31 October 2026 for relevant products to be brought into compliance with the updated standard. From 1 November 2026, no certificate of conformity will be issued for products covered by this circular unless they meet the updated requirements. Certificates of Conformity and Shipment Certificates already issued under the old GEN-002 standard remain valid only until 31 March 2027, after which they are discontinued outright.
Source: TÜV Rheinland, "Saudi Arabia - Replacement of CST GEN-002 by SASO 3114:2026 for Specific ICT Equipment"; VATupdate, "Saudi Arabia to Launch SASO 3114/2026 for ICT Products in November 2026"; C-PRAV Group, "Saudi Arabia Introduces SASO 3114:2026 for Specific ICT Equipment".
SASO 3114:2026 applies to the same product scope GEN-002 covered: mobile phones, tablets and mobile computers, mobile routers, customer-premises equipment (CPE), cellular-enabled IoT devices, ONT (optical network terminal) and HAG (home access gateway) equipment, and Wi-Fi distribution devices being placed on the Saudi market. Any manufacturer already holding a GEN-002-based PCoC, CoC-CST or SCoC certificate for one of these product types needs to plan re-certification against the new standard ahead of the 31 October 2026 grace-period end, not wait for the certificate to lapse naturally.
Source: GMA Labs, "SASO 3114:2026 Replaces GEN-002 for Saudi ICT Devices"; Global Validity, "Saudi Arabia: Replaces ICT Standard with SASO 3114:2026".
Any manufacturer of mobile phones, tablets, routers, CPE, cellular-enabled devices or Wi-Fi equipment already certified for Saudi Arabia under GEN-002 needs a re-certification plan against SASO 3114:2026 before the 31 October 2026 grace period ends. Saudi Arabia joins the other jurisdictions already covered here -- US, EU/UK, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, India, China, Australia, Canada and Taiwan -- as an electronics-import market with an active, dated compliance requirement rather than a static baseline.
SASO 3114:2026, "Requirements for Specific ICT Equipment," replaces the older CITC/CST specification GEN-002 as the technical standard Saudi Arabia's SASO applies when certifying ICT products for the Saudi market. It covers mobile phones, tablets and mobile computers, mobile routers, customer-premises equipment (CPE), cellular-enabled IoT devices, ONT and HAG equipment, and Wi-Fi distribution devices.
There is a grace period until 31 October 2026 to bring affected products into compliance with SASO 3114:2026. From 1 November 2026, SASO will not issue a new certificate of conformity for any covered product unless it meets the updated standard. Certificates already issued under the old GEN-002 standard must be phased out no later than 31 March 2027.
SASO 3114:2026 applies to mobile phones, tablets and mobile computers, mobile routers, customer-premises equipment (CPE), cellular-enabled devices, optical network terminals (ONT) and home access gateways (HAG), and Wi-Fi distribution devices being certified for the Saudi market -- the same product scope the old GEN-002 standard covered.
Adding Saudi Arabia to a market-access review means mapping a product against SASO 3114:2026's requirements ahead of the 31 October 2026 grace-period end. We fold Saudi Arabia's SASO requirements into the same market-access review we run for the US, EU/UK and the other jurisdictions we cover, so it is one process per product, not a separate one to track per country.
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