The Government of India, Department of Telecommunications, will implement TEC mandatory approval in a progressive roll out scheme. So which devices need certification?
As of September 27, 2018 the dates for mandatory certification under MTCTE have been published in TEC/10/2018-TC. The following telecom equipment imported or sold in India after January 1, 2019 is subjected to testing and certification:
- Telephone instruments
- Modems
- Audio conferencing equipment
- Fax machines
- ISDN CPEs
- Radio and transmission products including microwaves
- UHF and VHF equipment
- MRTS equipment
- Satellite equipment
- WiFi access points and controllers
- DWDM equipment
- Digital cross connects
- Multiplexing equipment
- SDH equipment and cordless phones
The second roll out will take effect April 1, 2019 and the following telecom equipment imported or sold in India will be subjected to testing and certification:
- GPON equipment
- DSL equipment
- IP terminal
- PABX
- Media gateways
- Signaling gateways
- SBC
- Soft switches
- Mobile devices
- BTS
- Repeaters
- Compact cellular networks
- Routers
- LAN switches and loT devices, and any other Telecom equipment not indicated in paragraph 1
The details of the procedures for testing and certification, scope, list of equipment exempted, applicable certification scheme, labeling guidelines, certification fees, and other details are provided in the MTCTE Procedure. TEC announced this procedure separately in TEC/M P/DD/TCP-702/02 in October 2018.
For all details with the new TEC certification process please contact our compliance team.