In India, all telecom and related information and communications technology equipment is subject to Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment (MTCTE) procedure led by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India. The MTCTE procedure has been launched from July 2019 and includes simplified certification scheme (SCS) and general certification scheme (GCS). Step by step, the TEC is adding new categories of products that require the MTCTE procedure. These steps are known as phases. The TEC has recently notified implementation of new phases. Thus, the following categories of product under phases III and IV should pass the MTCTE procedure through the GCS:
Phase III includes:
- Base station for cellular network
- Repeater for cellular network
- Compact cellular network
- Smart/CCTV camera
- Smart watches
- Smart electricity meter
- Tracking device
- IoT gateway
- End-point device for environmental monitoring
- Equipment operating on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band
Phase IV includes:
- Transmission terminal equipment (DWDM, DXC)
- Optical fibre (single mode)
- Satellite communication equipment
- Radio broadcast receiver
- Mobile radio trunking system
- HF radio
- VHF/UHF radio system equipment
- PTP PMP microwave fixed radio systems
- IP security equipment
- Router
- LAN switch
- Precision timing protocol grand master equipment
- IP multimedia conferencing equipment
- Mobility management entity (MME)
- Point of sale devices
- Signalling gateway
- Media gateway
- Softswitch
- Digital subscriber line equipment
- Session border controller
- Base station controller/radio network controller
- Mobile switch center (MSC)/MSC- server (S)/ gateway MSC (GMSC)/GMSC-S
- Equipment identity register
- Subscriber identity module
- OTA platform and device manager platform
- Home location register/home subscriber server/authentication center
- Serving/gateway GPRS support node
- Serving/packet gateway
- Short message service center
- Cell broadcast center
- Service control point
- Operation maintenance center/ element management system (EMS)/ network MS/operation support system
- Gateway mobile location center
- Serving mobile location center
- Optical fibre cable
- Infiniband switch
Categories of product require the MTCTE procedure through the GCS:
Phase IV:
- Conferencing equipment
Please, note that certification of products under Phase III becomes mandatory from July 1st, 2022. However, applications for the MTCE procedure can be submitted starting from October 11, 2021.
Certification of products under Phase IV with respect to EMI/EMC and safety requirements becomes mandatory from February 1, 2022 and the other essential requirements must be verified with the certificate from July 1st, 2022. That is why the application procedure within Phase IV is divided into to periods:
- October 11, 2021for EMI/EMC and safety requirements
- January 1, 2022for the other essential requirements
The TEC also reminds that submitted test reports must not be older than two years.
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