Telecommunication Engineering Center

Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) is government body incorporated for mandatory testing and certification of telecom equipments (MTCTE)

What is Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipments (MTCTE)

The Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2017, provides that every telecom equipment must undergo mandatory testing and certification prior to sale, import of use in India. The final detailed procedure for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipments (MTCTE) under these rules has been notified separately. The testing is to be carried out for conformance to Essential Requirements for the equipment, by Indian Accredited Labs designated by TEC and based upon their test reports, certificate shall be issued by TEC.

S. No.	Name of Equipment
1	Executive Telephone System
2	NSD/ISD Payphone
3	Electronic Telephone Instrument
4	Key Telephone Systems
5	2-Line Feature Phone
6	Coin Box Telephone
7	Terminals for connecting to PSTN
8	CLIP Phone
9	Audio Conferencing Facility Device
10	Multi Line Telephone System
11	Group 3 FAX Machine
12	Modem
13	Cordless Phone
14	Point of Sales (POS) Terminal
15	GPON Equipment
16	DSL Equipment
17	IoT Gateway
18	Tracking Devices
19	Smart Electricity meter
20	Smart Watch
21	Smart Security Camera
22	Router
23	LAN Switch
24	Mobile Handsets and Dongles
25	Mobile BTS
26	Compact Cellular Network
27	Mobile Repeater
28	Microwave Communication Equipment
29	UHF/ VHF Communication Equipment
30	Mobile Radio Trunking System Equipment
31	Equipment Operating in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Frequency Bands
32	Satellite System Equipment
33	IP Terminal
34	Media Gateway
35	Signalling Gateway
36	Session Border Controller
37	Soft Switch
38	ISDN CPE
39	PABX
40	Telephony Application Server
41	Telephony Media Server
42	Multiplexing Equipment
43	SDH Equipment
44	DWDM Equipment
45	Digital cross Connect