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- Extended validity period for telecom certificates

Also this time, it has been some unexpected good news from India😊:

On 1 July the Indian Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) published a Notification, No. 5-7/2022-TC/TEC announcing that the validity of certificates issued under the program for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE) has been extended from 5 to 10 years with immediate effect. The reason given is to reduce the compliance burden on industries and businesses providing telecom products to the Indian market. 

The official notification is available at this site: Cert validity enhancement.pdf

- Exemption pertaining to parameters of LAN Switch

On 25 July, TEC released another Notification, announcing that the below listed three test parameters for LAN switches will be exempted from the MTCTE until 24 January 2023, or until further notice.

• Ethernet PWE and Service Identification
• MPLS TP Requirement
• TDM PWE and Service Identification

(Article is based on text provided by Vanessa Wen, edited by T.Sollie)