NEW DELHI, JAN 2    :     Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has brought 37 more products under Simplified Certification Scheme (SCS) in a bid to cut certification time and improve ease of doing business (EoDB).

With this, the total number of products under SCS has now gone up to 49 from 12.

“The technical arm Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has brought 37 more products under Simplified Certification scheme (SCS) w.e.f. 01 January 2024.

This will reduce the time taken for certification from eight weeks to two weeks and promote ease of doing business,” a media release from Ministry of Communications said.

The new products covered under SCS include media gateway, IP security equipment, IP terminals, optical fibre or cable and transmission terminal equipment.

Further, only administrative fee will be charged by the TEC for Essential Requirement (ER) based applications submitted under Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE) irrespective of GCS and SCS category with effect from January 1, 2024.

“The evaluation fee has been completely waived off. This is a huge relief for the original equipment manufacturer (OEMs) or applicants as it amounts to reduction in application fee by more than 80 per cent, thereby further reducing the compliance burden,” the official release said.

Presently, there are 60 telecom and networking products which have been notified under MTCTE regime.(UNI)