the Department of Telecommunication has notified the Telecommunications (Framework to Notify Standards, Conformity Assessment and Certification) Rules, 2025 (“Rules”). These rules have been issued in supersession of rules 528 to 537 of the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951 relating to testing and certification of telegraph.
Key Highlights:
- Every person to which a notified standard applies must, at its own cost, ensure compliance with conformity assessment measures in respect of the applicable standard, and make an application to obtain a certificate of conformity assessment, as may be required in respect of the relevant standard, to the Appropriate Authority or to any certification body, in the form and manner and subject to payment of fees as may be specified by the Appropriate Authority.
- Every person to which a notified standard applies must ensure that the details of the standard, including the Certificate of Conformity Assessment, is displayed in such manner as may be specified by the Appropriate Authority.
- Any person to which a notified standard applies is prohibited from selling, or deploying in any telecommunication network, or otherwise using in the territory of India, unless it has a valid certificate of conformity assessment issued by the Appropriate Authority.
- Exemptions:
- The following are exempt from the requirement of conformity assessment namely:
- telecommunication equipment imported into India for the purpose of carrying out research and development or demonstration or testing of samples in India or through regulatory sandbox, subject to compliance with relevant rules and procedures for such research, demonstration or testing or regulatory sandbox; and
- telecommunication equipment brought into India by a person for personal use in India and that is not otherwise prohibited to be imported or used under the Act or any other law for the time being in force.
- Where a notified standard applies in respect of a telecommunication equipment, recertification of such telecommunication equipment shall not be required in the following cases:
- a) where the model or brand of such telecommunication equipment is not different in any manner from that certified by the Appropriate Authority; and
- b) where such telecommunication equipment complies with changes to any labelling requirements as notified by the Appropriate Authority from time to time.
Source: E-Gazette
