India's Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) has made a significant announcement regarding the Mandatory Testing Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE). In 2021, the TEC announced the launch of Phase III and Phase IV of the MTCTE, set to be implemented starting July 1, 2022. This news is of great importance to manufacturers, importers, and businesses involved in the telecommunications industry in India.
To meet the TEC’s requirements, manufacturers and importers must undergo mandatory testing processes at a TEC-approved laboratory, and must demonstrate compliance with TEC-defined essential requirements.
These requirements include:
The MTCTE certification and registration process is model-based, meaning that manufacturers and importers need to obtain certification only once for each model. These certificates were originally valid for a period of five years, but in July 2022, the TEC announced that the MTCTE certificate had been extended to a ten-year period, in order to reduce the compliance burden on industries and businesses. This means that manufacturers and importers will now need to renew their certification only every ten years, rather than every five.
The TEC’s MTCTE program is designed to ensure that telecommunications equipment meets certain standards and requirements, in order to protect both consumers and the overall industry.
By requiring manufacturers and importers to obtain certification and display a TEC label, the TEC helps to ensure that all relevant products have undergone the necessary testing and meet the required standards. This helps to promote consumer confidence in the products and helps to ensure that they are safe and reliable.
Overall, the TEC’s MTCTE program is an important step toward ensuring that telecommunications equipment sold in India meets certain standards and requirements. The recent extension of the MTCTE certificate's validity period from five years to ten years is a welcome change that will help to reduce the compliance burden on industries and businesses, while still ensuring that relevant products are safe and reliable for consumers.