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The Central Government notifies specific standards for telecommunication equipment under the Telecommunications Act, 2023.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications), specifically the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), issued Notification S.O. 3958(E) on July 17, 2026, which was published by the Central Government on July 20, 2026. In exercise of powers conferred by Section 19 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023) read with Rule 5 of the Telecommunications (Framework to Notify Standards, Conformity Assessment and Certification) Rules, 2025, the Central Government has notified eight specific standards for telecommunication equipment. These standards, effective from their publication date in the Official Gazette, include: TEC 21131:2026 Test Guide (5G Dual Core), TEC 21121:2026 Test Guide (Small size 5G Core), TEC 88311:2026 Test Guide (Route Tracer for Armoured Optical Fibre Cable), TEC 21140:2026 Generic Requirements (Fixed Wireless Access Customer Premises Equipment), TEC 38060:2026 Generic Requirements (WLAN Interworking and associated Wi-Fi Offloading in 4G or 5G systems), TEC 88310:2025 Generic Requirements (Route Tracer for Armoured Optical Fibre Cable), TEC 91030:2026 Generic Requirements (Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) Detector), and TEC 88320:2026 Generic Requirements (Passive Optical Network Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (For FTTH Applications)). The notification was signed by Rajeev Kumar Tyagi, Deputy Director General.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-20072026-274646 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3790] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 20, 2026/ASHADHA 29, 1948 MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (Department Of Telecommunications) (TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING CENTRE) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th July, 2026 S.O. 3958(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023) read with rule 5 of the Telecommunications (Framework to Notify Standards, Conformity Assessment and Certification) Rules, 2025, the Central Government hereby notifies the following standards for telecommunication equipment with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely: +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. No. | Number and name of standards | +=========+=======================================================================================+ | (1) | (2) | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | TEC 21131:2026 Test Guide | | | 5G Dual Core | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | TEC 21121:2026 Test Guide | | | Small size 5G Core | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | TEC 88311:2026 Test Guide | | | Route Tracer for Armoured Optical Fibre Cable | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | TEC 21140:2026 Generic Requirements | | | Fixed Wireless Access Customer Premises Equipment | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | TEC 38060:2026 Generic Requirements | | | WLAN Interworking and associated Wi-Fi Offloading in 4G or 5G systems | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | TEC 88310:2025 Generic Requirements | | | Route Tracer for Armoured Optical Fibre Cable | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | TEC 91030:2026 Generic Requirements | | | Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) Detector | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | TEC 88320:2026 Generic Requirements | | | Passive Optical Network Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (For FTTH Applications) | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. 24-01/2025-STD/TEC-Part(1)] RAJEEV KUMAR TYAGI, Deputy Director General Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR Dalysed by SARVESH SRIVASTAVA Date: 2026.07.20 21:38:13 +0530

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