G/TBT/N/IND/164  
26 August 2020  
(20-5840) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC), Department of 
Telecommunications (DoT)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifica tion shall be indicated if different from above:   
Contact Person: Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Gupta, DDG(TC)  
Room No: 562, Khurshid Lal Bhawan  
Janpath, New Delhi -110001, India.  
Contact Number: +91 -11-23329540  
Email: ddgtc.tec @gov.in  
Website - https://www.tec.gov.in/  and https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/  
Email ID of TBT Enquiry Point: tbtenquirytel.te c@gov.in  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [X], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  HS 8517  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Essential 
Requirements for Modem  
6. Description of content:  Testing and Certification requirements under MTCTE scheme 
were notified through Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2017 [WTO TBT Notification 
G/TBT/IND66]. MTCTE Scheme is being launched in a phased manner and telecom 
products are gradually being brought under MTCTE regime. Modem Device are included 
in Phase I of MTCTE scheme. Certification of modem  has become mandatory from 1 
Octob er 2019.  
 Essential Requirement for modem covers the following equipment – 
1. V.90/ V.92/ V.21 to V.34 Modem  
Details of Standards specified in the Essential Requirements are referenced in document 
Annexures to ERs.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To ensure Safety of users and Security of telecom network.; Other  G/TBT/N/IND/164  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 1951, G.S.R. 1131(E) dated 5 September 
2017, available at  http://tec.gov.in/pdf/Whatsnew/eGazetteNotif.pdf  
2. Notification for launch of MTCTE Phase – I dated 4 July 2019, available 
at https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=downloadDocument_Notifi
cation_MTCTE_launch.pdf  
3. Essential Requirements for modem, available 
at https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=TEC16631911.pdf  
4. Annexures to ERs document   No.: TEC/SD/DD/TCP -222/2.4/May2020 version 
2.4, available 
at https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=downloadDocument_Anne
xures_to_ER.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Adopted on 9 July 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC)  
Contact Person: Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Gupta, DDG(TC)  
Room No: 562, Khurshid Lal Bhawan  
Janpath, New Delhi -110001, India.  
Contact Number: +91 -11-23329540  
Email: ddgtc.tec@gov.in  
Website - https://www.tec.gov.in/  and https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/  
Email ID of TBT Enquiry Point: tbtenquirytel.tec@gov.i n