Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications has notified "Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules" in Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 1131(E) PART XI" on 5th September 2017 which prescribes for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment. Any telegraph which is used or capable of being used with any telegraph established, maintained or worked under the licence granted by the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), shall have to undergo prior mandatory testing and certification in respect of parameters as determined by the telegraph authority from time to time.
The scope of certification would cover all types of telecom equipment to be sold in India for being connected or capable of being connected to Indian telecom network. The effective dates for certification becoming mandatory for different products is notified by the Government separately.
The testing is to be carried out by Indian Accredited labs and based upon their test reports, certificate shall be issued by TEC. Any Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) / importer / dealer who wishes to sell or import any telecom equipment in India, shall have to obtain Certificate from Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) and mark or affix the equipment with appropriate Certification label. Surveillance of products under MTCTE is carried out by Licensed Service Area (LSA) field units of Department of Telecommunications.
Under MTCTE scheme, applicant shall be required to submit test wise compliance along with test reports, in respect of parameters included in ERs, from any designated CAB or recognized CAB of MRA partner country. The test results shall be evaluated for compliance against respective ERs.
MTCTE - Essential Requirements covers the Safety, EMC/EMI, Technical requirements, Security Requirements, Other requirements as per the TEC.
MTCTE has two categories "Simplified Certification Scheme and General Certification Scheme".
TEC has notified the products list in phased manner and those are as follows.
Phase I Product list
- 2- Wire Telephone Equipment
- Modem
- G3 Fax Machine
- ISDN Customer Premises Equipment
- Cordless Telephone
- Private Automatic Branch Exchange
Phase II Product list
- Transmission Terminal Equipment
- PON Family of Broadband Equipment
- Feedback Device
Note: - After successful of Testing and TEC certification of the product, manufacturer need to comply with TEC-MTCTE Labelling / Marking guidelines.
All the Manufacturer / Importer / Trader/ OEM / ODM need to comply with product compliance requirements as per the TEC. So further details and requirements of TEC-MTCTE, please contact us we will assist and support for getting the TEC-MTCTE certification for the products.