On 1 April 2024, the Indian Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) issued a notice numbered 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/192 to postpone the mandatory implementation date of some products in Phase III and Phase IV to August 1, 2024, as follows:

• The mandatory date for cellular communication base stations and smart meters for Phase-III has been postponed to August 1, 2024, and the mandatory date for SIM, mobile radio trunking system, VHF/UHF wireless system equipment, PTP PMP microwave fixed wireless system, LAN switch, router, IP security equipment, and satellite communication equipment for Phase-IV has been postponed to August 1, 2024
• For cellular base stations, SIM, VHF/UHF wireless system equipment, and satellite communication equipment, TEC can accept reports issued by ILAC authorized laboratories in non-land bordering countries with India between March 31, 2024 and July 31, 2024.

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On January 8, 2024, the Telecommunication Engineering Centre of India (TEC) issued a circular No. 5-5/2021-TC/TEC announcing the submission of a general exemption for test reports on test parameters and interfaces of some ERs under MTCTE. This waiver has been extended until June 30, 2024, or until further notice. The exemption applies to the following equipment-related parameters: Media Gateways, Mobile Wireless Trunking Systems, Cellular Network Repeaters, Precision Timing Protocol Master Clock Devices, VHF UHF Radio System Equipment, Radio Broadcast Receivers, PON Series Broadband Devices, ADSLx, VDSLx, Routers.

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The Telecom Engineering Center (TEC) of India announced on December that the mandatory date for security testing of Wi-Fi CPE and IP Routers has been extended for and additional three months.  In the postponement announcement issued on June 12, 2023, the TEC has postponed the mandatory safety testing, which was originally scheduled to begin on July 1, 2023, to January 1, 2024, and has now been rescheduled to begin on April 1, 2024. As of April 1, 2024, TEC will begin accepting online applications for security certifications through the integrated MTCTE and NCCS portals.

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As part of the modifications to the previous Official Circulars 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 and 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/172, the Indian Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) issued Circular No. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/185 on 27 December 2023 to amend the testing and certification requirements for telecommunication and network equipment in Phases 3 and 4 of the MTCTE regime as follows:

• Extend the mandatory certification date for 12 of the 44 products covered by MTCTE Phase III and IV by three months, i.e. from 1 January 2024 to 1 April 2024. The list of 12 products is shown in Annex 1 of the Circular;
• The mandatory certification date of the remaining 32 products remains unchanged, i.e. January 1, 2024. The list is set out in Annex II of the Circular
• For the 8 products mentioned in Annex III, the last acceptance date for test reports issued by laboratories accredited by ILAC signatories in non-border sharing countries will be extended by 3 months to 31 March 2024.

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