TECHNOLOGY APPROVAL
Telecom or network products need to be tested and certified as per the available TEC Generic Requirements (GR) with Indian Telecom Network. Type approval is granted to eligible applicants only.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
Certificate of approval is issued by TEC for the product for which the IR/GR does not exist with TEC and is issued against applicant’s own specification and in particular cases viz. GSM Phones, 3G Modems, Bluetooth Enabled wireless terminals against approved Standards of Standard Body. Certificate of approval is an approval given to a Product notified by TEC against applicants own specifications.
At present for GSM Mobile Handsets and Bluetooth enabled wireless terminals, Certificate of Approval is being given based on test conducted by accredited labs. Examples of other requirements are given in ‘Check List for GSM Mobiles’. “Check List for Bluetooth enables wireless terminals’, “Check List for products against applicant’s own specification’.
TEC shall take up of cases for Certificate of Approvals for GSM Mobile Phones & Blue ToothTerminals as per the following documents to be made available by the vendors for certification purposes
TYPE APPROVAL
Type approval is an approval given to a Telecom Product or network which will be interfaced with Indian Telecom network for which an approved TEC Generic Requirements (GR) is available. Type approval is given after evaluating the sample of product for compliance to its GR. This certificate is technical compliance of product to Generic Requirement indicated in Type Approval Certificate. The Approval shall be granted after evaluating the product against all the clauses of the Generic Requirement i.e. approval cannot be given to part of the specification clauses while leaving out the rest. Separate Generic Requirements shall be available by TEC for each type of product. Type Approval is granted to eligible applicants only. The documents required are given in the check list for Type Approval.
INTERFACE APPROVAL
Interface approval is an approval given to a Telecom Product or network which will be interfaced with Indian Telecom network for which an approved TEC Interface Requirements (IR) is available. Interface approval is given after evaluating the sample of product for compliance to its IR. This certificate is technical compliance of product to interface requirement indicated in Interface Approval Certificate. The Approval shall be granted after evaluating the product against all the clauses of the Interface Requirement i.e. approval cannot be given to part of the specification clauses while leaving out the rest. Separate Interface Requirements shall be available by TEC for each type of product. Interface Approval is granted to eligible applicants only. The documents required are given in the check list for Interface Approval.
