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 changes in Annexure-D
3. Exemption of certification fee for government institutes and removal of test report evaluation fee in Annexure-C.
4. Updated Table A.1 and A.2 of Annexure-A.
5. Updating Family and Associated Models definition for optical fibre cable under MTCTE in Annexure-B
6. Updating SCS scheme for uploading of test reports
7. Acceptance of valid certificate issued by BIS recognized lab(s) against safety requirements under MTCTE.
8. Acceptance of Source Approval Certificate (SAC) under MTCTE
9. Clarification regarding End of Life/ End of Sale for whole unit warranty replacement products under MTCTE
10. Acceptance of test reports of CAB designated for Generic Requirements
(GR) / Interface Requirements (IR) for the parameters of ER under MTCTE.
11. Removal of NABL mandate for witness testing by RTEC
12. Notification of ITSARs
13. Addition of part codes of lower configuration cards
14. Test scenarios in case of Split Unit Type models
15. Fresh application for more than 9 associated models
16. Updated MTCTE Flowchart
17. Removal of clauses related to Temporary Certificate
The complete document is available on the official TEC website.
Type Approval Impacted? Yes
Spectrum Impacted? No
Imports Impacted? Yes
