India: Products under Phase-VI of Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunications Equipment (MTCTE) published
September 2025 - Electrical & electronics
In force (since 24 August 2025)
On 25 February 2025, the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced the list of telecommunication equipment covered under Phase VI of the Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment (MTCTE).
Standards and Conformity Assessment
For the telecommunication equipment listed in the second column of the annexed Schedule, the applicable standards are the Essential Requirements (ERs) issued by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), as specified in the third column of the Schedule.
From 24 August 2025, it is prohibited to import, sell, distribute, or use the following equipment unless certified under MTCTE requirements as specified by TEC:
- Cellular Customer Premises Equipment
- Fixed Wireless Phone with Voice and Data Facility
- Fixed Wireless Phone with Voice Facility only
- Storage Area Network (SAN) Switch
- Fabric Interconnect Switch
- Network Security Management Equipment
- Network Security Analytics Equipment – Managed
- Network Security Analytics Equipment – Unmanaged
- Content Security Equipment
- DDoS Protection Equipment
- Malware Analysis Equipment
- Web Application Firewall
- NGSO User Terminals
- The standards referenced in the Schedule became applicable on 24 August 2025.
For the purpose of the Schedule, the latest versions of the standards issued by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) or the National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS), including any published amendments, will apply from the date specified in their respective notifications.
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