Telecommunication Engineering Centre 
No. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/185 (Department of Telecommunications) 
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi -110 001 
https://www.tec.gov.in/ 
Amendment Notification 
Subject: Extension of mandatory certification date for 12 products (ERs) notified under 
phase-III & IV of MTCTE by three months i.e. from 01.01.2024 to 01.04.2024 -reg. Dated: 27/12/2023 
Ref: No. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 dated 23/06/2023 & no, 5-2/2021-TC/TECI172 dated 
27/09/2023 
In partial modification to this office Notification no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 dated 23/06/2023 
& no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/172 dated 27/09/2023, w.r.t. the testing and certification of telecom 
& networking equipment notified under Phase-III & Phase-IV of MTCTE regime, the 
following amendments are hereby notified with immediate effect as mentioned below: 
a. Extension of date of mandatory certification of 12 products (ERs) out of 44 products 
notified under MTCTE phase-III and IV by three months i.e. from 01.01.2024 to 
01.04.2024. The list of 12 products is placed at Annexure-I. 
Mandatory date of certification for remaining 32 products (ERs) shall remain 
unchanged i.e. 01.01.2024. The list of 32 products is placed at Annexure-II. 
b. Extension of last date of acceptance of test reports issued by labs accredited by 
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (LAC) signatories from non 
border sharing countries by three months for technical parameters only ie. from 
31.12.2023 to 31.03.2024 for the 08 products (ERs) mentioned in Annexure-III. 
This issues with the approval of Competent Authority. 
Page 1 of6 aagr feie/Avadhesh Singh 
ARIT ot°-1/Director (TC-I) 
Email-dirta.tec @gov.in Copy to (through email): 
PS to Hon' ble MoC. DOT, New Delhi 
ii. PS to Hon'ble MoSC, DOT, New Delhi 
iii. PPS to Secretary (T), DOT, New Delhi 
1V. PPS to Member(S) Member(TY Member(F) DG(Telecom), DOT, New Delhi 
v. Advisor, TEC New Delhi / Sr. DDG, NCCS Bangalore/ CEO, C-DOT 
vi. JS (Customs), CBIC 
vi. AD (IT)/AD (TC), TEC for uploading on TECMTCTE website 
viii.Office copy 
Page 2 of 6 List of 12 products (ERS) under phase-III & IV of MTCTE with 
S No 
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12. mandatory certification date as 01.04.2024 
ERProduct 
Base Station for cellular network 
Repeater for Cellular Network 
Smart Electricity Meter 
SIM 
HF Radio 
Mobile Radio Trunking System 
VHF UHF Radio System Equipment 
PTP PMP Microwave Fixed Radio System 
LAN SWitch 
Router 
IP Security Equipment 
Satellite Communication Equipment 
Page 3 of6 Annexure-I 
Notified in 
Phase 
Phase-III 
Phase-III 
Phase-III 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV S.No 
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24. List of 32 products (ERs) under phase-III & IV of MTCTE with 
mandatory certification date as 01.01.2024 
ER/Product 
Compact Cellular Network 
Equipments Operating in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Band 
loT Gateway 
Tracking Device 
End Point Device for Environmental Monitoring 
Radio Broadcast Receiver RBR 
Optical Fibre-Single Mode 
Optical Fibre Cable 
DSL Equipments 
Signalling Gateway 
Session Border Controller 
Softswitch 
Media Gateway 
Precision Timing Protocol Grand Master Equipment 
Infiniband Switch 
IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment 
Conferencing Equipment 
Transmission Terminal Equipment-2 
(DWDM, Digital Cross Connect) 
Mobility Management Entity (MME) 
Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)/Gateway GPRS Suppor 
Node (GGSN) 
Base Station Controller (BSC)/Radio Network Controller 
(RNC) 
Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC) 
Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC) 
Home Location Register (HLR)Authentication 
Centre(AUC)Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 
Page 4 of 6 Annexure-II 
Notified in 
Phase 
Phase-III 
Phase-III 
Phase-II 
Phase-III 
Phase-III 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 25. 
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30. 
31. 
32. Mobile Switching Centre (MSC/MSC-Server (MSC-S/ 
Gateway MSC (GMSC) / Gateway MSC-Server (GMSC-S) 
including Visitor Location Register (VLR) 
OTA and DM or FOTA 
Service Control Point (SCP) 
Operation Maintenance Support (OMC) / Element 
Management System (EMS) / Network Management System 
(NMS) / Operation Support System (OSS) 
Serving Gateway (S-GW) / Packet Gateway (P-GW) 
Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) 
Serving Mobile Location Centre (SMLC) or eSMLC 
Equipment ldentity Register (EIR) Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
a ||-)o23 Annexure-III 
List of 08 products (ERS) under phase-III & IV of MTCTE for acceptance of test reports 
in respect of Tcchnical Parameter' up to 31.03.2024 from labs accredited bv ILAC 
signatories from non-border sharing countries 
S. No 
Note: 1. 
3 
4 
6. 
7. 
8 ER/Product 
Base Station for cellular network 
Repeater for Cellular Network 
Compact Cellular Network 
SIM 
HF Radio 
VHF UHF Radio System Equipment 
Radio Broadcast Receiver RBR 
Satellite Communication Equipment 
***k ** ****k * **k ** Notified in Phase 
Page 6 of 6 Phase-Ill 
Phase-Ill 
Phase-1 II 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
As on the date of submission of test reports, the validity of test 
reports/results issued by foreign labs accredited by lLAC signatories from non 
border sharing countries for technical parameters only shall be up to wo years in 
respect ofthe above products (ERS). Phase-lV 
Phase-IV 
Phase-IV 
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