Testing and
Certification of Telecomm Equipment (MTCTE) Mandatory from 1 Oct 2020
·
Transmission Terminal
Equipment (SDH Equipment, Multiplexing Equipment).
·
PON family of Broadband
Equipment (PON ONT, PON ONU and PON OLT)
·
Feedback Device”
[CBIC
Instruction No. 15 dated 24th July 2020]
Subject: Mandatory Testing and Certification of
Telecommunications Equipment (MTCTE).
Kind
attention is drawn to notification No. TEC/01/2017-TC
dated 23.06.2020 issued by the DDG (TC), Ministry of Communications, Telecommunication
Engineering Centre, Department of Telecommunication on
the mentioned subject (copy enclosed). The operative part of para 1 of the
notification dated 23.06.2020 is reiterated below:
“1.
Telecommunication Engineering Centre has notified that testing and
certification for telecommunications equipment under phase-II of Mandatory
Testing and Certification of Telecommunications Equipment (MTCTE) regime as
provisioned in India Telegraph (Amendment) Rules 2017, shall be mandatory w.e.f. 1st Oct 2020:
i. Transmission
Terminal Equipment (SDH Equipment, Multiplexing Equipment).
ii. PON family of
Broadband Equipment (PON ONT, PON ONU and PON OLT)
iii. Feedback Device”
2.
Suitable instructions may be issued for mandatory compliance by the departmental
officers and the trade.
3.
Any issues faced in implementation of this instruction may be brought to the
notice of the Board.