India
TEC amends Clause 5.4 in MTCTE Procedure v3.0
On September 19, 2024, the India Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) released a notification regarding an amendment to Clause 5.4 in the Testing & Certification Procedure v3.0 of MTCTE (TEC 93009:2024). The revised Clause 5.4 specifies that independent equipment combinations designed to create systems will not receive certification under MTCTE. Instead, each piece of independent equipment must be certified individually.
Additionally, The Equipment/ Items not covered under MTCTE are as below:
- Spare Cards or Chassis/ Components/ Modules/ Transceivers such as SFPs/ Patch Cords.
- Faulty cards/ unit/ product for repair/ replacement/ maintenance.
III. Re-use/ relocation of dismantled product(s) provided its model number and serial number remain same.
- Integrated systems and networks consisting of more than one Telecom/ related ICT Equipment, each of which are individually covered by MTCTE, shall not be certified under MTCTE.
- The models of the notified products under various Phases of MTCTE, which are declared as End-of-Life (EOL)/ End-of-Sale (EOS) for whole unit warranty replacement by the OEMs before their mandatory certification
dates (notified on MTCTE Portal), are not covered under MTCTE regime. However, the OEMs shall provide the list of such products (as per Annexure-G) which have been declared as EOL/EOS for whole unit.
For more details, please refer MTCTE Procedure v3.0.