India TEC Published MTCTE Notifications
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) published MTCTE Notifications in the beginning of November, 2022. Please find below overview as regard.
1. Shifting of products from GCS Scheme to SCS Scheme under MTCTE
As subject, this notification confirms the shifting of General Certification Scheme (GCS) to Simplified Certification Scheme (SCS) for products as following table, effective from 1 January of 2023; according to TEC’s “TESTING & CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE”, SCS offers advantages such as lower fee and lead time.
S. No. | Product | MTCTE phase |
1. | Cordless Phone | Phase-I |
2. | Private Automatic Branch Exchange | Phase-I |
3. | PON family of broadband Equipment | Phase-II |
4. | Transmission Terminal Equipment (SDH and Multiplexing Equipment) | Phase-II |
5. | Equipment Operating in 2.4GHz and 5GHz band | Phase-III |
6. | LAN Switch | Phase-IV |
7. | Router | Phase-IV |
2. Further exemption of Energy Consumption Rating (ECR) parameter in PON ERs
TEC confirmed further exemption of ECR parameter for PON (Passive Optical Network) ERs (Essential Requirements) as below table.
S. No. | Parameter Name as per ER | Standard Name as per ER | Exemption status |
1. | Automatic Laser Shut-Down (ALS) or Automatic Power Shut-Down (APSD) | ITU-T G.664. | Self-declaration is acceptable |
2. | ECR | TEC 74046 | Exempted till 30 June of 2023 |
3. | Protocol Test for any PON interface | As per interface mentioned in PON ER | Exempted till 30 June of 2023 |
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