Mandatory Testing

MANDATORY TESTING NOTIFICATION: The Government vide notification dated 5.9.2017 has mandated testing and certification of all telecom products that are used or capable of being used in Indian telecom Network licensed by the Government. The telecom products are called “telegraph” in the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, which means “appliance, instrument, material or apparatus”. Copy of Notification and Details are given below. 

MANDATORY TESTING PROCEDURE: The procedure for Mandatory Testing & Certification of Telecom Equipment has been given by TEC and is called MT&CTE. The relevant document given below with other details. 

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS (ER) & General: The TEC is framing Essential Requirements for all the specified telecom products to be covered under Mandatory testing. Various meetings are being held in TEC in this behalf convened by the concerned DDG of the technical division. These meetings are called MATCOF. There is a DDG Telecom Certification, who is overall responsible for implementation of the mandatory testing under leadership and guidance of Sr. DDG, TEC. The procedure for mandatory testing has been defined in a document called MT&CTE. Some draft FAQs and clarifications are posted in TEC Website, which also contains draft ERs of all products and industry/ stakeholders can offer their views on all of them as per defined timelines. 

Industry is encouraged to please study the draft ERs/FAQ/Clarifications and join the meetings in TEC to offer comments and views during MATCOF and other meetings.   Interested members may please send individual sms their email id to Manisha at 99 991 75001 or cmaimanisha@gmail.com for such updates.

TEMA/CMAI INFORMATION & CIRCULARS

• TEMA/CMAI Role in Mandatory Testing
  
  TEMA/CMAI has been taking up mandatory testing issues ever since January- May, 2017 and in the first formal meeting called by TEC on 19/20 July, 2017 and contributions from TEMA/CMAI were appropriately incorporated in the gazette notification dated 5.9.2017. TEMA is known as founder of this, as we are the only association that insisted for this and pursuing since 2010 and a Cabinet decision of 2014. TEMA/CMAI are members of all the Committees for mandatory testing and also GR/IR etc. and hence in a position to have wide perspective & overall view. We are regularly sending information to more than 5000 industry delegates on policy procedures, draft specifications, issues involved.
  
  
• Detailed Letter about Mandatory Testing
• General Letter issued to TEC regarding Mandatory Testing
• Letter issued to TEC regarding Mobile Handset

Govt. Orders

• TEC Website
• DOT Website
• Notification 5.9.2017
• Mandatory testing Procedure
• Draft FAQ
• Draft Clarification Set 1
• Draft Clarification Set 2
• Indian Telegraph Act, 1885

Draft ERs by TEC

• Draft ERs by NGS Division
• Draft ERs byTransmission Division
• Draft ERs of GPON by FA Division

Final ER y TEC

Mobile ER by TEC

Other TEC circulars/notifications