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 March 5, 2025, the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India issued an announcement numbered 6-35/2024-CA/TEC. The announcement proposes that in order to support start-ups and micro- and micro-sized enterprises, the Ministry of Telecommunications has decided to subsidize the cost of testing for start-ups and micro- and micro-sized enterprises under the mandatory/voluntary testing and certification scheme, which will be implemented by TEC.

Subsidies may be provided for tests carried out at TEC or National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) designated/accredited laboratories, NABL accredited laboratories if there is no TEC designated CAB in India for a particular type of testing. 75% of the fee is subsidized for start-ups, 60% for micro-enterprises, and 50% for small businesses. The total cost is 250 million rupees (about 21.23 million CNY), and the subsidy will be implemented for two years.

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On February 25, 2025, the Telecommunication Engineering Centre of India (TEC) issued an announcement numbered No. 5-2/2024-TC/TEC (Pt.1) announcing the list of Phase VI products of MTCTE (Mandatory Testing and Certification Procedure). The mandatory certification date will take effect on August 24, 2025. A total of 14 categories of products are included in MTCTE supervision, including cellular network CPE, fixed wireless telephones, etc.

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On January 29, 2025, the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India published an addendum numbered No. 5-5/2024-TC/TEC, announcing that the NB-IoT interface test parameter exemption has been extended until June 30, 2025 or further notice.

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On January 1, 2025, the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of India issued a notice to accept RF test reports issued by ILAC accredited laboratories from non-border sharing countries for some product technical parameters under the MTCTE framework, which is valid until June 30, 2025. Only test reports within two years of the date of issue will be accepted.

Related products include:

• MTCTE Phase III: Base station up to 4G;
• MTCTE Phase IV: SIM & VHF UHF Wireless System;
• MTCTE Phase V: 5G Bbase sation and E-Band Fixed Wireless Relay System (Note: E-band is the 71-86GHz band).

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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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On October 24, 2024, India's National Communications Security Centre (NCCS) published amendments to the Wi-Fi CPE ITSAR. Wi-Fi CPE ITSAR has been revised to accommodate the technical changes that split the Wi-Fi CPE into legacy configurations and Wi-Fi CPE components hosted in the cloud.

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On October 29, 2024, the Indian Telecommunications Engineering Centre (TEC) published an addendum on the standards for the certification of telecommunication equipment with special test requirements under the MTCTE. The appendix includes satellite communications equipment that, as long as it meets the operational standards mentioned in the Notice, has the same certification requirements as the Notification No. 6-6/2021-TC/TEC (Pt. II), i.e., alternatives to discontinued products are exempt from MTCTE.

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On September 19, 2024, the Telecommunications Engineering Centre of India (TEC) issued a notice announcing the amendment to Article 5.4 of the Test and Certification Procedures v3.0 of MTCTE (TEC 93009:2024). The updated terms indicate that a combination of individual devices manufactured to form a system will not be certified under MTCTE, but rather that each individual device should be certified individually.

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