\"<p>Representative
Representative photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications<\/a> (DoT)’s reforms for the mandatory testing<\/a> and certification of certain products will have a cascading effect on the growth of the electronics and telecom sectors, according to the Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT<\/a>).

Recently, the
telecom department<\/a> has moved certain products such as routers, cordless phones, transmission terminal equipment, LAN switches, and access points, among others from mandatory testing to a self-certification regime under Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment<\/a> (MTCTE), in a bid to boost broadband penetration in the country.

These changes will come into effect from January 1, 2023, and are expected to help companies reduce the time taken to test and certify a product before it is sold in the market. Currently, devices like routers are primarily imported from countries including China.

“This shift has resulted in the reduction of the certification timeline by months, and also the high cost of certification for each product,” said Harish Krishnan, Chairman, MAIT Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Committee.

Krishnan added that the industry has been working to ensure compliance with the timeline of mandatory certification of specific telecom and networking equipment by July 1, 2023.

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DoT scraps mandatory testing for a bunch of broadband equipment<\/a><\/h2>

There was a severe shortage of products like routers and LAN switches in the recent past, forcing telecom operators and internet service providers to petition DoT for help. The main reason for the shortage was delay in testing as Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) used to certify all the products and sometimes the testing and certification could take months.<\/p><\/div>

\"&lt;p&gt;Representative
Representative photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications<\/a> (DoT)’s reforms for the mandatory testing<\/a> and certification of certain products will have a cascading effect on the growth of the electronics and telecom sectors, according to the Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT<\/a>).

Recently, the
telecom department<\/a> has moved certain products such as routers, cordless phones, transmission terminal equipment, LAN switches, and access points, among others from mandatory testing to a self-certification regime under Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment<\/a> (MTCTE), in a bid to boost broadband penetration in the country.

These changes will come into effect from January 1, 2023, and are expected to help companies reduce the time taken to test and certify a product before it is sold in the market. Currently, devices like routers are primarily imported from countries including China.

“This shift has resulted in the reduction of the certification timeline by months, and also the high cost of certification for each product,” said Harish Krishnan, Chairman, MAIT Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Committee.

Krishnan added that the industry has been working to ensure compliance with the timeline of mandatory certification of specific telecom and networking equipment by July 1, 2023.

\"DoT<\/a><\/figure>

DoT scraps mandatory testing for a bunch of broadband equipment<\/a><\/h2>

There was a severe shortage of products like routers and LAN switches in the recent past, forcing telecom operators and internet service providers to petition DoT for help. The main reason for the shortage was delay in testing as Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) used to certify all the products and sometimes the testing and certification could take months.<\/p><\/div>