The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on July 24, 2020 has issued instructions subject to mandatory testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE). The department has reiterated the paragraph one given in the notification issued by the Department on June 23, 2020 vide notification no. TEC/01/2017-TC which specifies operational guidelines to be followed.
“Telecommunication Engineering Centre has notified that testing and certification for telecommunications equipment under phase-II of Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunications Equipment (MTCTE) regime as provisioned in India Telegraph (Amendment) Rules 2017, shall be mandatory with effect from October 01, 2020:
• Transmission Terminal Equipment (SDH Equipment, Multiplexing Equipment).
• PON family of Broadband Equipment (PON ONT, PON ONU and PON OLT).
• Feedback Device.”
The Department has further clarified that suitable instructions shall be issued from time to time.
[Instruction No. 15/2020-Customs]
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