This category includes mobile phones, laptops, electronic notepads, smart watches, short range devices and accessories, microphones, speakers, headphones, earphones, printers, scanners, cameras, testing and measurement equipment.
\"These notifications are noteworthy and a major step towards strengthening Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the country. This decision of DoT and WPC will definitely facilitate a timely and hassle free import process of sample devices for various testing and R&D purposes,\" COAI Director General Rajan Mathews said in a statement.
Mobile phone companies were required to take approvals for even sample devices which they showed to the public for announcing launches.
The order allowed ETA through self-declaration for commercial and finished products.
It added that self-declaration from an importer or authorised Indian representative may be treated as sufficient evidence to process such clearances by the customs and central excise authorities.
\"This will also help equipment manufacturers in timely launching of their new products in India, thereby making the Indian market more attractive to launch new devices,\" Mathews said
COAI now hopes that such reforms would continue and issues surrounding import of equipment would be resolved with scrapping of licence currently required for import of telecom equipment by licensed operators, he added.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":68328689,"title":"Airtel\u2019s changing shareholding pattern","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/airtels-changing-shareholding-pattern\/68328689","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":68328831,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"WPC relaxing import norms for telecom products to expedite launches in India: COAI","synopsis":"\"These notifications are noteworthy and a major step towards strengthening Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the country.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/wpc-relaxing-import-norms-for-telecom-products-to-expedite-launches-in-india-coai","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":555,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":2326000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2019-03-09 08:43:32","lastupd":"2019-03-09 08:43:32","breadcrumbTags":["ETA","DoT","COAI","Industry","WPC"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/wpc-relaxing-import-norms-for-telecom-products-to-expedite-launches-in-india-coai"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/wpc-relaxing-import-norms-for-telecom-products-to-expedite-launches-in-india-coai/68328831">