Category: India

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) issued amendments to extend the deadline for mandatory certification of MTCTE Phase III and IV products.

Deadline for mandatory certification for 32 products (ERs) listed in Annexure-I, is extended from July 1, 2023 to October 1, 2023 

Deadline for mandatory certification for 12 products (ERs) listed in Annexure – II, is extended from July 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

The last date of acceptance of test reports issue by ILAC accredited lab for technical parameters for products listed in Annexure-III is extended from June 30, 2023 to December 31, 2023  

You may download the official notification: 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/164

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India has issued a notification on June 23, 2023, announcing the products that fall under Phase 5 of MTCTE. Products listed include:

Base Station for Cellular Network for 5G

5G Core

Hypervisor

E-band Fixed Radio Relay Systems

Converged Multi-Service Application Access Equipment (C-MSAAE)

IP Terminal

Hybrid Set Top Box

Applications for these products will be accepted starting from July 1, 2023, and the certification become mandatory on July 1, 2024. Test reports issued by ILAC accredited labs for technical parameters of these products will only be accepted until June 30, 2024.

Validity of certificate is 2 year

The notification may access here 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/165

MTCTE revised labelling  guidelines No.5-10/2021-TC/TEC dated 7/9/2021.

Main changes are:

1) Old TEC certification E-label consist name of the Country ” INDIA”, Certificate number, TEC Logo and the address of TEC portal after modification TEC certification E-label consist of TEC logo along with MTCTE followed by the certificate number

2) TEC Logo shall be 1/4th of the size of the brand name on the product

3) Minimum height 6mm

Requirement of labelling on certified products shall be exempted for the initial period of six months with respect to the date from which testing and certification of equipment in India

Download: Labelling Guidelines

The Ministry of Electronics and information Technology (MeitY) of India has introduced Phase VI under the Compulsory Registration Order (CRO) 2021, adding a new product category “Television Set” under the standard IS 18112:2022 “Digital Television Receiver for Satellite Broadcast Transmission – Specification.” The implementation date of this phase is April 26, 2025.

India’s Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) has announced that the acceptance of applications, including security testing, for WiFi CPEs and IP Routers on the Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE) portal will begin on July 1, 2023.

The Bureau of Indian Standard extended the date of implementation of revised IS 1293 : 2019 superseding IS 1293: 2005 for “Plugs and Socket-Outlets for household and similar purposes of rated voltage up to and including 250 V and rated current up to and including 16 A”.

The last date of implementation is now October 23, 2023.

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre in the Republic of India has newly issued amendments to obligatory testing and certification of telecommunication equipment.

The amendments extend, inter alia, the date of mandatory certification of the MTCTE phase-III and phase-IV devices for a period of 12 months starting from July 1, 2022 until July 1, 2023.

Detailed information on modifications and affected equipment is availiable in the original MTCTE document (PDF).

TEC has increased the validity of MTCTE certificates from 5 years to 10 years to reduce the burden of compliance on the industry. Hence, regular certificates going to be issued after the release of this notification i.e. from 01-07-2022 will carry the validity of 10 years. However:

Validity of certificates issued before 01-07-2022 will remains 5 years.

The validity of provisional certificates to be issued will remain for 2 years.

Official notification

On June 13, 2022,The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India has modified the MTCTE amendment previously published on January , 2022 for Phase 3 and Phase 4 products. The Amendment Notification published on June 13, 2022 includes the following modifications:

Mandatory certification of MTCTE Phase 3 and Phase 4 products has been extended by a year, to July 1, 2023.

The last day for acceptance of test reports issued by ILAC labs from non-border sharing countries has been extended by a year, to June 30, 2023. This applies to technical parameters only for products that were initially referenced in the previous amendment as receiving ILAC relaxation