India: DGFT Amendment of the Foreign Trade Policy and Import Policy
These amendments aim to strengthen control over the importation of electronics and IT goods to ensure compliance with Indian standards and requirements. Type Approval Impacted? YesSpectrum Impacted? NoImports Impacted? Yes
India: Update in the testing and certification procedure TEC 93009: 2024
The Department of Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) released the updated version of TEC 93003. The release 3.0 from 2024 presents the new testing and certification procedure for telecom equipment. The main changes are listed below: 1. Enhancement of validity of Regular MTCTE Certificate from 5 years to 10 years 2. Revision of MTCTE labelling requirement […]
India: Extension of mandatory security testing of WiFi CPE and IP Router under MTCTE from 01.04.2024 to 01.07.2024
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India published a notification extending three months from April 1, 2024 to July 1, 2024. for mandatory security testing (ITSAR) of Wi-Fi CPEs and IP Routers. Type Approval Impacted? YesSpectrum Impacted? NoImports Impacted? No
India: BIS Modified Final Guidelines for Parallel Testing for Products
The Bureau of Indian Standards published the modification for Parallel Testing for Products. This guideline will enable parallel testing of electronic products covered under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) of BIS. These guidelines are voluntary and the manufacturers will still have an option for applying sequentially to BIS for registration as per the existing procedure. […]
India: TEC: MTCTE new timeline for implementation of Essential Requirements for Phase III & IV products
In a recent modification to Notification no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 and no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/172, dated 23/06/2023 and 27/09/2023 respectively, key amendments have been introduced for the testing and certification of telecom and networking equipment under MTCTE Phase-III & Phase-IV. Here are the three crucial highlights to note: 1. Deadline Extension for 12 Products (ERs): The mandatory certification date […]
INDIA: Circular for Date of Extension in Phases 3 & 4
With reference to the testing and certification of telecommunication equipment under Phase-IlI & Phase-IV of the MTCTE regime, as provisioned in Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules 2017, the following amendments are hereby notified with immediate effect as mentioned below: a. Extension of date of mandatory certification of 32 products (ERs) covered under MTCTE phase-Ill and IV […]
INDIA: MTCTE Released Non-applicability for Certain Parameters in The ER for The Product “LAN Switch, IoT Gateway, and IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment”
Department of Telecommunication under MTCTE (Mandatory Testing Certification of Telecommunication Equipment) has released non-applicability for certain parameters in the ER for the product “LAN Switch, IoT Gateway, and IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment” The following parameters pertaining to the product in the notification may be treated as “Not Applicable”:IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment (ER No. – TEC3462xxxx) […]
INDIA: Stakeholder Consultation for Notifying New Safety, EMC/EMI, and Security Requirements for Products Subject to MeitY Compulsory Registration Order
MeitY will issue a Stakeholder Consultation for notifying some changes to the Order “Electronics and Information Technology (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2021 (CRO)”, Currently in Place. Changes to be notified are: Safety requirements for Audio, Video, and ICT devices as per the standard IS/IEC 62368: Part 1: 2018 Essential Requirements for EMI/EMC on products […]
India: Exemption pertaining to parameters of LAN Switch under MTCTE
In July, TEC announced a generic exemption for the test requirements related to ER of LAN switch products. The exemption will be placed until 01/24/23 or until further notice from the regulator. Test requirements exempted: The products, LAN switch variant “MPLS TP CEN Switch”, with the parameters of Ethernet PWE and service identification (Standard RFC4448, […]
INDIA: MTCTE Certificate Validity Increased From 5 to 10 Years
On July 1rst, TEC announced that the MTCTE certificate validity has been enhanced from 5 to 10 years with immediate effect with the aim to reduce the compliance burden for the industries and businesses. Type Approval impacted: Changes in the validity of the certificate Spectrum Impacted: NoImports Impacted: NoStandards Impacted: NoProduct Impact: All