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.
Interface Approval Certificate should not be construed to be
authorization for
trading activities by the firm to whom the certificate has been issued.
Further it shall not be construed as regularizing or validating
any
irregularities, contravention or other lapses, if any, under the
provision of
any other laws/regulation.
Sample of Product
Sample
of product submitted for approval should be complete in
all respects and fully equipped for its maximum capacity for testing.
There
should not be any need for add-on units for testing the product.
Eligibility for
Interface Approval
Any
Indian manufacturer, Authorized trader/dealer of a foreign
manufactured equipment licensed service operator or local office of a
foreign
telecom equipment manufacturer or Branch Office of a foreign
manufactured
product having permission from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for import
and sell
of their Principals product is eligible for seeking approval for an
equipment
for which an approved TEC Interface requirement exists.
The Applicant shall approach the TEC for approval for his product
against
payment of prescribed tariff applicable for the Interface requirement.
An
approval granted to an applicant is in his name and is for a particular
model
of product and for a particular software version (wherever applicable)
and
under production at the stated site. The product must be actually under
serial
production at the claimed manufacturer’s site under manufacturer’s
model No and
serial No.
The indigenous manufacture could be at any stage of integration/ value
addition
of the product i.e. CKD, SKD etc. For indigenous products the applicant
must be
the manufacturer.
If the firm is manufacturing the same product under different brand
names for
different dealers, he is required to apply separately for each brand of
product. Interface Approval granted to a trader is also in his name and
is for
a particular model of product manufactured by a particular
manufacturing
source. The trader is required to disclose the source of manufacture of
the
product. In the case of a foreign manufactured model of a product if it
is
being sold by more than one trader in
In case the trader or the manufacturer makes certain changes in the
product
amounting to a modification of the product, it will be assumed to be a
new
model and shall have to be given a separate model number. The
manufacturer/trader
shall be required to apply again to TEC for certification of the
product.
Check
List for Interface Approval
Documents
to be submitted:
1.
Forwarding
letter.
2.
Form ‘A’ (Duly
signed by
authorized signatory)
3.
4.
Industrial
License/SSI
Registration /Certificate of Incorporation / RBI Permission to open
Branch Office, FIPB clearance as applicable etc.
5.
Foreign
collaboration
copy (if applicable)
6.
System
specifications
containing features and facilities.
7.
User’s
Operating
Manual.
8.
Complete
supporting
technical document for the product. The technical documents
include
installation document, operation manual, and maintenance manual.
9.
Old
Certificate copy
(for Renewal case/Change of Name or Address) and an undertaking for no
Hardware
& Software changes (For Renewal case).
10. An
Affidavit, attested by
Notary
Public for each product/model.
11. Infrastructure
Assessment Form for the product offered by the Manufacturer for
the
first time & Infrastructure Assessment shall be carried out for
only Indian
Manufacturers only. In case of trader/Branch Office declaration
that he
has Test and Repair facility for the product.
12. In
case of traders,
authorization letter from the manufacturer appointing him as
trader
for the product indicating the period of validity if fixed or open
ended. MOU
also required to be submitted if available .
13. EMI/EMC
test results and test certificates from authorized
accredited lab as per TEC IR, if
applicable.
14.
Availability of Test Instruments and
calibration certificates of those instruments need to be submitted to
TEC.
15.
Each Page of the documents to be submitted
should be stamped and signed by the authorized signatory.