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TUV Rheinland, a global leader in independent technical services, has announced that its four product testing laboratories located in Bangalore, Gurgaon, Visakhapatnam, and Pune have been designated as Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) by the Indian Ministry of Communication's Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) to conduct testing under the newly published Phase III and Phase IV Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment (MTCTE) Regulations.

Acceptance of applications on the MTCTE portal shall be effective from 11th October 2021 and the certification of newly added product categories will become mandatory from 1st July 2022 in stages. It is applicable for all Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Importers, and Dealers who sell or import notified telecom equipment in India. Testing is to be conducted by a TEC-recognized laboratory and certification is to be obtained from TEC before placing the product in the market. The applicant shall be required to submit test-wise compliance along with test reports, in respect of parameters included in Essential Requirements (ERs) from a designated CAB. The test results shall be evaluated for compliance against respective ERs and a certificate will be awarded by TEC upon meeting the requirements. The state-of-the-art TEC-designated laboratories are capable of carrying out testing as per MTCTE regulations and can support the end-to-end certification process.

Commenting on the development, Mr. Arun Deshpande, Managing Director, TUV Rheinland India said, "For the past few years, TUV Rheinland has been investing in India to build necessary competencies and capacities as per TEC requirements to address market needs. TUV Rheinland's facilities are one of the first few laboratories designated by TEC in the areas of Electrical Safety, EMC, Wireless and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) requirements." He added, "With our four anechoic chambers and laboratories across four different regions of India, and multiple accreditations such as TEC, NABL, BIS, A2LA, IECEE CB Scheme, we offer one-stop-shop solutions for global market access."

TEC is dedicated to creating a progressive environment to standardize new telecom technologies and products and strengthen India's testing and certification infrastructure. Mr. Kalyan Varma, Director - Global Wireless Program, TUV Rheinland Group said, "Telecom products are built with complex technologies and type testing is always a challenge especially in the areas of EMC and Wireless. With our global network of laboratories and capabilities to fulfill customer requirements as per various national and international standards, our experts can support on testing and certification as per globally harmonized processes and provide cost-effective solutions."