TEC of India has published a new draft approval procedure for telecommunications equipment. The new procedure is expected to be in force some time later this year.
Two groups of product types are covered by the Simplified Certification Scheme (SCS) and the General Certification Scheme (GCS).
Equipment covered under Simplified Certification Scheme
| Sr. No. | Type of equipment/ System | Category of equipment |
| 1 | Coin Box Telephone | III |
| 2 | Coin Box Telephone (Table Top interface) | III |
| 3 | CLIP Phone | VI |
| 4 | Charge Indicator for PCO operation | II |
| 5 | V.92 Modem | III |
| 6 | NSD/ISD Payphone | IV |
| 7 | Cordless Telephone | III |
| 8 | Point of Sales(POS) terminal with PSTN/CDMA/ GSM/GPRS interface | III |
| 9 | Terminals for connecting to PSTN | III |
| 10 | Attachments to the Telephone | II |
| 11 | Conference Facility Device | II |
| 12 | V.90 Modem | III |
| 14 | Key Telephone Systems | III |
| 15 | Extension Line Jack Unit (ELJU) | I |
| 16 | Voice Band Data Modem (V.21 to V.34) | II |
| 17 | Subscriber Service Unit for Calling Line Identification Presentation (SSU for CLIP) (Amendment no.1 dated 27.9.99) | II |
| 18 | Electronic Telephone Instrument | III |
| 19 | 2-Line Feature Phone | IV |
| 20 | Coupling Hearing Aids to Telephone Sets | III |
| 21 | SMS Phone for PSTN | VII |
| 22 | Executive Telephone System | III |
| 23 | Group 3 FAX Machine/Card | III |
Equipment under General Certification Scheme
| Sr. No. | Type of equipment/ System | Category of Equipment |
| 1 | ADSL2+ for Central Office and remote office applications | IV |
| 2 | SET TOP BOX for FTTH | IV |
| 3 | System Employing Computer Telephony Integration | VI |
| 4 | Remote Access Server (RAS) | V |
| 5 | IP Media Gateway | V |
| 6 | Customer Premises Equipment for MPLS Network | V |
| 7 | Routers | V |
| 8 | ATM Access Equipment Connecting to DTS ATM Network | V |
| 9 | High Speed Line Drivers. | III |
| 10 | Frame Relay Access service. | IV |
| 11 | Data Interface to G.703 Interface Converter | II |
| 12 | Ethernet Electrical to optical Media converter | III |
| 13 | LAN Switch | IV |
| 14 | Set Top Box for Content Delivery Services in IP Network | IV |
| 15 | Firewall System | IV |
| 16 | SIP TERMINAL | V |
| 17 | Multi Line Telephone System | III |
| 18 | ISDN Customer Premises Equipment Interface Requirements | III |
| 19 | ISDN Network Termination (NT1) | III |
| 20 | Radio Modem in ISM Band | V |
| 21 | Wi-Fi Access Point | IV |
| 22 | Wi-Fi CPE | III |
| 23 | Mobile Radio Trunking Communication Equipment | VI |
| 24 | Mobile Radio Trunking Subscriber Equipment | IV |
| 25 | Mobile Station/Handset based on GSM / GPRS / EGPRS | III |
| 26 | User equipment/Handset based on WCDMA/HSPA | III |
| 27 | Mobile Station/Handset based on CDMA 2000 | III |
| 28 | IR on 3 G Data Card | III |
| 29 | IR on CDMA Data Card | III |
| 30 | CDMA 2000 1x Remote Stations | IV |
| 31 | Any other item not listed in List A or B |