On June 23, 2023, the Indian Telecommunication Engineering Centre issued notification No. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/164, which postponed the mandatory implementation date of the phase-III and IV products of MTCTE.

In partial modification to this office notification no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 dated 13/06/2022, w.r.t. the testing and certification of telecommunication equipment under Phase-III & Phase-IV of MTCTE regime, as provisioned in Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules 2017, the following amendments are hereby notified with immediate effect as mentioned below:

a.     Extension of date of mandatory certification of 32 products (ERs) covered under MTCTE phase-III and IV by three months i.e. from 01.07.2023 to 01.10.2023. The list of 32 products is placed at Annexure-I.

b.    Extension of date of mandatory certification of 12 products (ERs) covered under MTCTE phase-III and IV by six months i.e. from 01.07.2023 to 01.01.2024. The list of 12 products is placed at Annexure-II.

c.     Extension of last date of acceptance of test reports issued by labs accredited by International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) signatories from non-border sharing countries by six months for technical parameters only i.e. from 30.06.2023 to31.12.2023 for the products mentioned in Annexure-III.

Annexure-I

List of 32 products (ERs) under phase-III & IV of MTCTE with mandatory

certification date as 01.10.2023

Annexure-II

List of 12 products (ERs) under phase-III & IV of MTCTE with mandatory

certification date as 01.01.2024

Annexure-III

List of products (ERs) for acceptance of test reports in respect of 'Technical Parameter' up to 31.12.2023 from labs accredited by ILAC signatories from non-border sharing countries

Note: - As on the date of submission of test reports, the validity of test reports/results issued by foreign labs accredited by ILAC signatories from non-border sharing countries for technical parameters only shall be up to two years in respect of the above products (ERs).

Ref: No. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 dated: 13/06/2022

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