India Expands TEC Essential Requirements for IP Security Equipment
19. February 2026On 1 February 2026, the Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) released an updated version of the Essential Requirements (ER) applicable to IP Security Equipment. The revised framework broadens the scope of compliance by introducing four additional equipment categories: Data Loss Prevention Equipment, Network Data Encryption Equipment, Secure Telemetry Equipment, and Secure Web Gateway Equipment. With these new inclusions, the regulatory coverage of IP-based security technologies in India has been further extended. IP Security Equipment must obtain TEC certification in order to be approved for import and sale in India.
TEC has indicated that the mandatory compliance date for the newly added variants will be announced separately. Stakeholders are advised to monitor forthcoming notifications to ensure timely conformity with the updated Essential Requirements once the enforcement timeline is formally published.
The TEC certification has been mandatory since April 2019. Every year the Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) expands the certification catalog and adds more telecom products. See the list of TEC standards here.
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