TEC Certification

There are two types of approval –

1. Type approval
2. Interface approval

1) Type Approval - Type approval is an approval given to a telecom product or network on meeting TEC generic requirements (GR). Type approval is given after evaluating the sample of the product and confirming that the same is compliant with the approved generic requirements. The sample of the product should be completed in all respects and fully equipped with the maximum capacity or indicates the need required by GR for testing. This certificate is given after checking the technical aspects of the telecom product and evaluating the same against all the clauses of generic requirements. This approval cannot be given on evaluating the part of the specification clauses; it will be given if it is found compliant against all the GR clauses. This approval is given to eligible candidates only for whom the eligibility criterion is given below.

An applicant can be –

• A Manufacturer involved in native equipment production for which TAC is sought. The process of manufacturing could be at any production level – CKD or SKD
• Traders (fully owned Indian companies) importing product from foreign manufacturers/sources
• Traders involved in importing & selling of products in India.
• Wholly owned establishments of foreign companies in India for trading activities.

Any Indian manufacturer’s, authorized traders or dealers of foreign manufactured telecom equipment’s, licensed operators or local office of a foreign telecom equipment manufacturer having RBI permission to sell or import their principal product is eligible to take approval in order to get TEC certificate.

Applicant approach TEC for the product approval and to do the payment of prescribed fee for the generic requirement. TEC grants the type approval in the name of the applicant, particular model of the product, particular software version and for under production at specified site. The product must be produced on the specified manufacturer’s site under manufacturer model number & serial number.

The applicant must be a manufacturer for indigenous products at any stage of integration /value addition of the product i.e. CKD, SKD etc. A firm needs to apply for each product brand separately in case if the firm manufactures the same product under different brand names for different dealers.

Every trader needs to approach TEC separately for type approval in case of foreign manufactured product being sold by more than one trader in India. Separate model number is allotted in case trader or the manufacturer makes certain changes to the product or modify it for any reason. In such case, trader needs to apply again for TEC certification to certify the product.

Checklist Of Type Approval

The check list or the documents needed for Type approval are given below –

1. Form – A (Duly signed by authorized signatory)
2. Forwarding letter
3. Paragraph wise compliance report as per generic requirements under TEC and test results as per test schedule and procedure.
4. System specifications containing features & facilities
5. Industrial license/Certificate of incorporation/SSI registration, Permission of RBI to open branch office, FIPB clearance (if applicable) (Company registration proof in case of limited and private limited companies, import and export code in case the trader is not registered but importing the product)
6. User’s operating manual
7. Foreign collaboration copy (If applicable)
8. Supporting technical document of the product which includes installation document, operation and maintenance manual)
9. Undertaking from the applicant that there will be no hardware or software changes
10. Old certificate copy (in case of change in name or address)
11. Affidavit attested by Notary public for each product/model
12. Authorization letter from the manufacturer appointing a trader for the product specifying the validity period (Fixed or open ended) along with MOU (if available)
13. EMI/EMC test results and certificates from authorized accredited labs as per generic requirement under TEC.
14. RTEC’s infrastructure assessment for the product indigenously manufactured by the applicant. RTEC’s infrastructure assessment for test & repair facility in case of a trader.
15. Test instruments and calibration certificates of those instruments.
16. Every page of the submitted documents should be signed and stamped by the authorized signatory.

2) Interface Approval - Interface approval is an approval given to a telecom product or network on meeting TEC interface requirement (IR). Interface approval is given after evaluating the sample of the product and confirming that same is compliant with the approved interface requirement. The sample of the product should be completed in all respects and fully equipped with the maximum capacity or indicates the need required by IR for testing purpose. This certificate is given after checking the technical aspects of the telecom product and evaluating the same against all the clauses of interface requirement. This approval cannot be given on evaluating the part of the specification clauses; it will be given if it is found compliant against all the IR clauses. This approval is given to eligible candidates only.

Any Indian manufacture, authorized traders or dealers of foreign manufactured telecom equipment’s, licensed operators or local office of a foreign telecom equipment manufacturer having RBI permission to sell or import their principal product is eligible to take approval in order to get TEC certificate.

Applicant approach TEC for the product approval and to do the payment of prescribed fee for the interface requirement. TEC grants the interface approval in the name of the applicant, particular model of the product, particular software version and for under production at specific site. The product must be produced on the specified manufacturer’s site under manufacturer model number & serial number.

The applicant must be a manufacturer for indigenous products at any stage of integration /value addition of the product i.e. CKD, SKD etc. A firm needs to apply for each product brand separately in case if the firm manufactures the same product under different brand names for different dealers. The trader is required to disclose the source of product manufacturing. Every trader needs to approach TEC separately for interface approval in case of foreign manufactured product being sold by more than one trader in India.

Separate model number is allotted in case trader or the manufacturer makes certain changes to the product or modify it for any reason. Trader needs to apply again to TEC to certify the product.

Checklist Of Interface Approval

The check list or the documents needed for interface approval are given below –

1. Form – A (Duly signed by authorized signatory)
2. Forwarding letter
3. Paragraph wise compliance report as per interface requirements under TEC and test results as per test schedule and procedure.
4. System specifications containing features & facilities
5. Industrial license/Certificate of incorporation/SSI registration, Permission of RBI to open branch office, FIPB clearance (if applicable) (Company registration proof in case of limited and private limited companies, import and export code in case the trader is not registered but importing the product)
6. User’s operating manual
7. Foreign collaboration copy (If applicable)
8. Supporting technical document of the product which includes installation document, operation and maintenance manual
9. Undertaking from the applicant that there will be no hardware or software changes
10. Old certificate copy (in case of change in name or address)
11. Affidavit attested by Notary public for each product/model
12. Authorization letter from the manufacturer appointing a trader for the product specifying the validity period (Fixed or open ended) along with MOU (if available)
13. EMI/EMC test results and certificates from authorized accredited labs as per interface requirements under TEC.
14. Test instruments and calibration certificates of those instruments.
15. Every page of the submitted documents should be signed and stamped by the authorized signatory.