Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment (MTCTE) in India
What is MTCTE and why does MTCTE certificate matter for telecom equipment
MTCTE stands for mandatory testing and certification of telecom equipment. It is the mechanism through which the government of India ensures that every telecom product introduced for use in India meets prescribed standards. When a router base station or any piece of telecom equipment is sold in India . It must be safe for networks and users. MTCTE certificate was created to ensure devices do not cause harmful interference do not exceed radio frequency limits and comply with essential requirements that protect public communication networks.
The telecommunication engineering center or TEC evaluates whether equipment meets these essential requirements and issues a TEC certificate when the product passes conformity assessment. The MTCTE scheme is not paperwork for its own sake. It is about conformance and about keeping existing network performance and public safety intact. Think of it as quality insurance for the communications that connect daily life.
Below is a detailed technical outline for the TEC MTCTE certification form:
TEC Certification Testing
TEC Certification directs all telecom equipment to undergo mandatory testing and certification (MTCTE) prior to sale or import for use in India.
There are two types of TEC MTCTE Certification schemes:
- General Certification Scheme (GCS): Under this TEC MTCTE Certification scheme, the applicant shall be required to submit test wise compliance (summary sheet provided with the test report) along with the test reports itself, in accordance with the parameters included in the Essential Requirements (ERs), from any designated Conformity Assessment Bodies (CAB) or recognized CAB of Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) partner country. The test results shall be evaluated for compliance against respective ERs.
- Simplified Certification Scheme (SCS): Under this TEC MTCTE Certification scheme, the applicant must test the product in accordance with the Essential Requirements and submit a test wise compliance sheet along with a Self-Declaration of Conformity (SDoC), in accordance with the parameters included in the ERs. All other rules/procedures that apply under the GCS shall apply in case of SCS, with the exception of the test reports, which are not required to be submitted by the applicant or evaluated by TEC. TEC certification, however, reserves the right to request a copy of the test report from the applicant to be submitted.
- The Essential Requirements describe the technical regulations prescribed under this framework which include:
- Safety
- Electromagnetic interference (EMI)/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
- Technical requirements (including wireless / radio frequency (RF))
- Security: To be notified by Department of Telecommunication (DoT)
- Other requirements: To be notified by DoT
Products covered by TEC/MTCTE include:
- 2 wire-telephone equipment
- Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX)
- Integrated services digital network (ISDN) Customer-premises equipment (CPE)
- Transmission Terminal Equipment
- Transmission terminal equipment
- Optical fiber (single mode)
- Satellite communication equipment
- Precision time control Grandmaster equipment
- IP multimedia conferencing equipment
- Mobile Management Entity
- Conferencing equipment
- Serving gateway
- Mobile management entity
- Cordless telephone
- Passive Optical Network (PON) family of broadband equipment
- Feedback device
- Base station for cellular network
- Repeater for cellular network
- Radio broadcast receiver
- Mobile radio trunk system
- High Frequency (HF) radio
- VHF/UHF radio system equipment
- SignallingSignaling Gateway
- Media Gateway
- Softswitch
- Digital Subscriber Line equipment
- Session border controller
- Short message service centre
- Cell broadcast centre
- Service control point
- Modem
- Compact cellular network
- Smart electricity meter
- Tracking device (with Embedded Signal Interface Module (SIM)) - Only for after market
- PTP/PMP (Point-to-Point/Point-to-Multipoint) microwave fixed radio system
- Base station controller
- Mobile switching centre
- Equipment identity register
- Subscriber identity module
- OTA (Over-The Air) platform & device manager platform
- Operation maintenance centre
- G3 fax machine
- Internet of Things (IoT) Gateway
- End-point device for environmental monitoring
- Equipment operating in 2.4 & 5Ghz band
- IP security equipment
- Router
- LAN (Local Area Network) switch
- Home location register
- Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service (mobile data standard on the 2G and 3G cellular communication networks)) support node
- Gateway mobile location centre
- Service mobile location
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