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Mandatory Testing & Certification Of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE)

Mandatory Testing & Certification Of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE)

Any telegraph which is used or capable of being used with any telegraph established, maintained or worked under the license granted by the Central Government, shall have to undergo prior mandatory testing and certification in respect of parameters as determined by the telegraph authority from time to time.
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Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications has notified “Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules” in Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 1131(E) PART XI on 5th September 2017 which prescribes for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment. Any telegraph which is used or capable of being used with any telegraph established, maintained or worked under the license granted by the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), shall have to undergo prior mandatory testing and certification in respect of parameters as determined by the telegraph authority from time to time.

Objectives of MTCTE


I. that any Telecom Equipment does not degrade performance of existing network to which it is connected;
II. safety of the end–users;
III. protection of users and general public by ensuring that radio frequency emissions from equipment do not exceed prescribed standards;
IV. that telecom equipment complies with the relevant national and international regulatory standards and requirements.

The testing and certification envisaged in Amended MTCTE Procedure v3.0 (TEC 93009:2024) ensures that the equipment meets all TEC prescribed Essential Requirements. The quality and reliability of equipment is not part of this procedure, hence, the same is not guaranteed through this certification. OEMs / dealers themselves will be responsible for necessary quality and reliability criteria claimed by them. Any equipment to be used in the network of Licensed Telecom Service Providers/ Internet Service Providers/Virtual Network Operators etc. may have to undergo additional tests as specified in License.

Click here to download MTCTE User Instructions.
Click here to download the flowchart for profile registration and fresh application under MTCTE.

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10 Years

User Manual
A comprehensive user manuals are available for applicants.
Testing and Certification Procedure v3.0 (TEC 93009:2024) 1.53 MB
MTCTE User Instructions v3.0 (TEC 93019:2024) 4.26 MB
MTCTE Flow Chart 789.08 KB
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Frequently Asked Questions

The MTCTE portal account can be created by: 1. Indian Original Equipment Manufacturers: Indian companies or firm manufacturing Telecommunication products in India. The documents required for registration are: a. Registration certificate: The acceptable document is either the Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Registrar of companies in case of a company or Partnership Deed in case of a firm or Establishment License wherein the address, business description, and activity is specified in case of a single owner proprietorship. b. Authorization Letter: A letter of authorization given by the OEM company/firm to authorize a person to carry out MTCTE related work on its behalf. 2. Indian Authorized Indian Representative: Companies or firms in India importing telecommunication Equipments of a foreign OEM. The documents required for registration are: a. Registration certificate: Same as OEM b. Authorization Letter: A letter of authorization given by the AIR company/firm to authorize a person to carry out MTCTE related work on its behalf. c. Affidavit in prescribed format or MOU between AIR & foreign OEM shall contain the prescribed clauses. d. AIR Authorization Letter: The authorization letter issued by Foreign OEM to AIR clearly authorizing the AIR to carry MTCTE related work in India on its behalf with validity, if any shall explicitly be mentioned.

The formats for authorizations letters (AIR Authorization letter and authorization letter) are attached with MTCTE Applicant User instructions document uploaded at https://mtcte.tec.gov.in/downloads. The specimen of affidavit and MoU clauses are also available at http://www.tec.gov.in/documents-required-for-creation-of-profile-in-mtcte-portal/.

Name of the executive authorized by the company (mentioned in Authorization letter) shall be entered against applicant's Name field at Edit profile page of MTCTE portal. While his/her designation in company shall be mentioned in Designation field.

The company name when creating a fresh application will come blank if the profile that the AIR/OEM has updated has not been approved by the MTCTE admin validator yet. Please Wait till the approval. The AIR are suggested to wait for approval after submitting the AIR self-company details. Then only, they should submit the foreign OEM details. If the company name is coming blank, please check for the edit profile, either the profile would have been rejected or it may have not been approved yet.

It may be the case that your OEM/AIR account would have been rejected on account of improper documents submitted during approval. Please create a new login with same credentials.

The affidavit should be duly notarized. The clauses that should be present in MoU and affidavit specimen copy are attached with MTCTE Applicant user instructions under downloads at https://www.mtcte.gov.in.

Special characters allowed in address field are @-/,.()*?! . The current length of address field is 100 characters. If the address of OEMs/AIRs is more than 100 characters, kindly use abbreviations in the address like Av. For Avenue, Rd. for Road etc.

In case of AIR registration where same AIR has been authorized by different Foreign OEMs for taking MTCTE certificate for their products, different MoU between the respective AIR/ authorization letters and foreign OEMs should be provided. Separate MTCTE accounts for foreign OEM needs to be registered by AIR.

Multiple simultaneous login on same account is not allowed.

In India, legally we can have 3 kinds of business establishments and registration documents required for case are: 

1. Proprietorship (Single owner) : Establishment License wherein the address, business description , and activity is specified 

2. Partnership ( Multiple owners) : Partnership deed duly notarized can be provided 

3. Limited Company (private or public - Incorporated by the ROC as an independent entity):Certificate of Incorporation issued by ROC can be provided.

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