TEC Certification Service

The Department of Telecommunication of India had mandated that any Telecome Equipment must undergo prior Mandatory Testing and Certification.

Any OEM/ Importer/ Dealer who wishes to Import or sell any Telecome Equipment in India, shall have to obtain Certificate from Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) and Mark or Affix the Equipment with Appropriate Certification label.

The TEC certificate will be released for the model of the Telecome Equipment and the validity for the certificate will be Five Years.

This order will come into Effect from 1-Oct-2019 for some products, and more products will be added in different phases.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHEMES IN TEC MTCTE?

SIMPLIFIED CERTIFICATION SCHEME:

• Under this scheme the Applicant has to submit a test wise compliance sheet with Self Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) on the MTCTE portal.
• All other Rules/Procedures applicable in case of GCS shall apply in case of SCS, except that test reports are not required to be submitted.
• The certificate will be issued on the basis of SDoC.

GENERAL CERTIFICATION SCHEME(GCS):

• Applicant has to apply for the certification on MTCTE Portal.
• Applicant has to get the Equipment tested against the Essential Requirements, from a designated CAB in India.
• The test results will be submitted to TEC for evaluation.
• If results are found compliant, certificate will be issued to the Applicant.