On August 13, 2026, India's National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) issued a notice extending the security test exemption for cloud-based IP routers and Wi-Fi CPEs until December 31, 2026.

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On March 27, 2026, India's National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS) issued a memorandum revising the scope of CSR testing to add Group VI devices, including vehicle trackers (ITSAR309072504), smart meters (ITSAR309052504), and feedback devices (ITSAR309042504). The previous five groups of products were:

• Group I: Core network equipment (e.g., mobile core network, switching system);
• Group II: Access network equipment (e.g., base stations, 4G/5G broadcasting equipment);
• Group III: Transmission network equipment (such as optical transmission equipment, microwave equipment);
• Group IV: IP network equipment (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls);
• Group V: Terminals and auxiliary equipment (such as VoIP terminals, dedicated communication terminals).

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Following the memorandum issued by India's National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) on July 7, 2025, exempting the certification of IP routers and Wi-Fi CPEs until March 31, 2026, the NCCS issued another notice on March 30, 2026, extending the security testing exemption period for related products to August 31, 2026.

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India's National Centre for Communications Security (NCCS) recently issued two notices, the main contents of which are as follows:

• On March 11, 2026, NCCS published a notice on security test hardening。 The notice requires the applicant to provide reinforcement guidelines that meet the requirements of the annex to the notice, and requires that the reinforcement measures remain effective after the equipment is rebooted, and the telecommunications security testing laboratory (TSTL) should conduct tests on the reinforced samples, and the test results should indicate whether the technical requirements are met due to the use of reinforcement measures;
• On March 17, 2026, NCCS released another security test notice allowing applicants to apply modifications to their "device under test" at TSTL (DUT) provided that the relevant declaration is submitted as set forth in the Annex to the Notice.

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On December 1, 2025, India's National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS) released version 2.0 of the Indian Telecom Security Standard (ITSAR) for Wi-Fi CPE and IP routers.

This new version provides clearer device coverage:

• Wi-Fi CPE: Now explicitly applicable to all types of APs, gateways, and home router products. Any Wi-Fi product with routing, NAT, or packet filtering is classified as a CPE.
• IP Routers: Available for all SDN, Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNF), Virtual Network Functions (VNF) types, and all deployment modes. All IPv4 requirements also apply to IPv6.

The security certification exemption period for Wi-Fi CPE and IP routers is only until March 31, 2026.

Click this link to view the Wi-Fi CPE ITSAR requirements, click this link views the IP router ITSAR requirements.

Following the announcement of India's National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) on August 7, 2025, extending the period of Voluntary Security Certification (VSC) for Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) and Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) to September 1, 2025, the NCCS issued another notice on August 29, 2025, extending the period to December 31, 2025. As of January 1, 2026, these products will be mandatory for ITSAR compliance under the ComSec scheme.

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On 21 April 2025, the National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) of India issued the following Indian Telecommunications Security Assurance Requirements (ITSAR):

• ITSAR309062504 - Smart camera;
• ITSAR309052504 - Smart meter;
• ITSAR309072504 - Vehicle tracking device;
• ITSAR702052504 - Class 5 equipment (OLT and ONT passive optical network equipment);
• ITSAR702042504 - Class 4 equipment (Wi-Fi CPE, IP routers, Cell Broadcast Centers and Dedicated Automatic Exchange Extensions);
• ITSAR702012504 - Category 1 equipment (including 23 types of 5G network function equipment, see the original text for details);
• ITSAR309042504 - Feedback device.

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On April 7, 2025, India's National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) issued a notice announcing that Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and Optical Line Terminal (OLT) products will be included in the Voluntary Security Certification (VSC) regime with an extension until August 31, 2025. As of September 1, 2025, ONT and OLT products must be certified under the ComSec scheme by mandatory ITSAR. This notice supersedes the notice dated December 6, 2024, which allows for voluntary certification to be valid until March 31, 2025.

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On December 6, 2024, India's National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) issued a notice announcing that Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and Optical Line Terminal (OLT) products can be certified under the Voluntary Security Certification (VSC) regime until 31 March 2025. From April 1, 2025, these products must pass the ITSAR mandatory certification under the ComSec program.

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On November 29, 2024, India's National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) issued a memorandum informing that cloud-implemented IP routers and Wi-Fi CPEs will be exempt from security certification until May 31, 2025.

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