India: TEC announced Acceptance of ILAC Test Reports under MTCTE
The Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) announced a partial modification with No. 5-2/2024-TC/TEC, published on 01/01/2025. The update addresses the acceptance of ILAC test reports issued by laboratories from non-border sharing countries for certain telecommunication equipment. Here are the following products notified under MTCTE: The test reports issued by ILAC signatories (other than border-sharing countries) should […]
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: 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: Temporary Exempted Products from MTCTE Scope
On March 22nd, MTCTE published five products that are temporarily exempted from the scope. These are the products exempted: -Mobile User Equipment/Mobile Handset (Mobile Phone). -Server. -SmartWatch. -Smart Camara. -PoS Machine (Point of Sale Devices). The SmartWatch, Smart Camara, and PoS Machine notified under the Phase III and IV of the notification 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/112 dated 01/31/2022 […]
INDIA: TEC Publish Important Amendment to MTCTE for Phase III and IV
On Jan 31st, 2022. TEC published the amendment to the MTCTE phases III and IV initially launched on September 2021. The following updates are effective immediately: There is no change in date for mandatory certification of products under Phase III (Mandatory on 01.07.22). For Phase IV products certification for safety, EMI/EMC was extended from 01.02.22 […]
INDIA: Notification for Launch of MTCTE Phase III and Phase IV
Department of Telecommunication has released a list of products categorized under two phases (Phase III; Phase IV). Phase III holds 10 products and Phase IV holds 36 Products. Phase III Products: MTCTE will start accepting the application for the products under 3 rd phase from Oct 11th, 2021, and certification for these products will be […]
INDIA: DoT Publishes Consultation for Communication Security Certification Scheme
India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has published the consultation for the “Communication Security Certification Scheme” covered under TEC’s MTCTE. The consultation is open for comments, so we encourage our readers to send their thoughts to help shape this content. Devices subject to TEC’s MTCTE with security scope will receive one certificate covering all aspects of […]