Certification Schemes
Every telecom equipment must undergo prior mandatory testing and certification. The detailed procedure for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipments (MTCTE) under these rules shall be notified separately. The testing is to be carried out by Indian Accredited Labs and based upon their test reports, certificate shall be issued by TEC. The approval is given to the Telecom equipment that will be interfaced with the Public Switched Network in India as per the TEC standards and specifications. Type Approval certificate is a technical compliance certificate to the GR for the specific category of equipment. The in-country testing is mandatory for granting the Type Approval certificate after meeting the documentation requirement and the eligibility criteria for the applicant.
Sr. No. | Products Name | Certification Scheme | Product Fee Group |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2- Wire Telephone Equipments | SCS | |
2 | G3 Fax Machine | SCS | |
3 | Modem | SCS | |
4 | Cordless Telephone | GCS | |
5 | ISDN Customer Premises Equipment | SCS | |
6 | Private Automatic Branch Exchange | GCS | |
7 | HF Radio | GCS | |
8 | Conferencing and Presentation Equipment | GCS | |
9 | Mobile Radio Trunking System | GCS | |
10 | Conferencing Equipment | SCS | |
11 | VHF UHF Radio System Equipments | GCS | |
12 | Equipments Operating in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Band | GCS | |
13 | IP Terminal | GCS | |
14 | Point of Sale Devices | GCS | |
15 | DSL Equipments | GCS | |
16 | Signalling Gateway | GCS | |
17 | Session Border Controller | GCS | |
18 | Softswitch | GCS | |
19 | Repeater for Cellular Network | GCS | |
20 | Base Station for Cellular Network | GCS | |
21 | Compact Cellular Network | GCS | |
22 | Mobile User Equipment | GCS | |
23 | PON Family of Broadband Equipments | GCS | |
24 | Transmission Terminal Equipment | GCS | |
25 | IoT Gateway | GCS | |
26 | Tracking Device | GCS | |
27 | Smart Electricty Meter | EN 300 328 | |
28 | Smart Watch | GCS | |
29 | Smart Camera | GCS | |
30 | Satellite Communication Equipments | GCS | |
31 | LAN Switch | GCS | |
32 | Router | GCS | |
33 | End Point Device for Environmental Monitoring | GCS | |
34 | Feedback Device | GCS | |
35 | Media Gateway | GCS | |
36 | Infiniband Switch | GCS | |
37 | IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment | GCS | |
38 | IP Security Equipment | GCS | |
39 | Optical Fibre Cable | GCS | |
40 | Precision Timing Protocol(PTP) Grand Master(GM) Equipment | GCS | |
41 | PTP PMP Microwave | GCS | |
42 | Mobility Management Entity | GCS | |
43 | SGSN/GGSN | GCS | |
44 | BSC RNC | GCS | |
45 | Cell Broadcast Centre | GCS | |
46 | GMLC | GCS | |
47 | HLR AUC HSS | GCS | |
48 | MSC/MSC-S/GMSC/GMSC-S including VLR | GCS | |
49 | OTA and DM/FOTA | GCS | |
50 | SCP | GCS | |
51 | OMC/EMS/NMS/OSS | GCS | |
52 | S-GW/P-GW | GCS | |
53 | SMSC | GCS | |
54 | EIR | GCS | |
55 | SIM | GCS | |
56 | SMLC/eSMLC | GCS | |
57 | Server | GCS | |
58 | Hypervisor | GCS | |
59 | Radio Broadcast Receiver RBR | GCS | |
60 | Optical Fibre (Single Mode) | EN 300 328 | |
61 | eNodeB (ITSAR) | - | |
62 | Mobile Device (ITSAR) | - | |
63 | IP Router (ITSAR) | - | |
64 | P-GW/PDN-GW (ITSAR) | - | |
65 | UICC (ITSAR) | - | |
66 | Mobility Management Entity (MME) (ITSAR) | - | |
67 | HCryptographic Controls (ITSAR) | - | |
68 | Wi-Fi CPEs (ITSAR) | - |
TEC stands for Telecommunication Engineering Centre. TEC assists the Government of India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the development and implementation of different standards and policies for the safe and secure use of emerging technologies in telecommunications.
Any Original Equipment Manufacturer and Importer, who wants to sell, import, or use any telecom equipment in India, has to obtain TEC Certificate from Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC India), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India.
Process of TEC Certification involves following steps:
BoM means Bill of Material, and is a file containing details of all major modules/ components of the model being offered for testing. In case of an application for certification of multiple models, the BoM shall include such details of all models.
Designated Conformance Assessment Body' or 'Conformance Assessment Body (CAB)' means a test laboratory designated by TEC for testing of telecom equipment against specified Essential Requirements.
TEC certification is mandatory for various products in the telecommunications sector. These include, for example:
The responsibilities of the TEC include the following areas:
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