TEC Mandatory Products

Phase One of this TEC Certification will begin October 1, 2019, and will cover the following products:

• Executive Telephone Systems
• NSD/ISD Payphones
• Electronic Telephone Instruments
• Key Telephone Systems
• 2-Line Feature Phones
• Coin Box Telephones
• Terminals for Connecting to PSTN
• CLIP Phones
• Modems
• G3 FAX Machines
• ISDN Customer-Premises Equipment (CPE)
• Cordless Telephones
• Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX)

In October 2021, Phases lll and lV were announced to become mandatory. These phases consist oft he following product groups:

Phase lll:

• Base Station for Cellular Network
• Repeater for Cellular Network
• Compact Cellular Network
• Smart Camera
• Smart Watch
• Smart Electricity Meter
• Tracking Device (with Embedded SIMs)
• IoT Gateway
• End Point Device for Environmental Monitoring
• Equipment Operating in 2.4 GHz and 4 GHz Band

Phase lV (Part 1):

• Transmission Terminal Equipment (DWDM, DXC)
• Optical Fibre (Single Mode)
• Satellite Communication Equipment
• Radio Broadcast Receiver
• Mobile Radio Trunking System
• HF Radio
• VHF/UHF Radio System Equipment
• PTP PMP Microwave Fixed Radio Systems
• IP Security Equipment
• Router
• LAN Switch
• Precision Timing Protocol Grand Master Equipment
• IP Multi Media Conference Equipment
• Mobility Management Entity (MME)
• Point of Sale Devices

Phase lV (Part 2):

• Conferencing Equipment
• Signaling Gateway
• Media Gateway
• Softswitch
• Digital Subscriber Line Equipment
• Session Border Controller
• Base Station Controller (BSC)/  Radio Network Controller (RNC)
• Mobile Switching Centre (MSC)/
• MSC-Server (MSC-S)/
• Gateway MSC (GMSC)/
• Gateway MSC- Server (GMSC-S) [including Visitor Location Register (VLR)] MSC/
• MSC Server
• Equipment Identity Register (EIR)
• Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
• OTA Platform and Device Manager Platform/
• FOTA
• Home Location Register (HLR)/
• Home Subscriber Server (HSS)/
• Authentication Centre (Auc)
• Server GRPS Support Node (SGSN)/ Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
• Serving Gateway (S-GW)/ Packet Gateway (P-GW)
• Mobility Management Entity (MME)
• Short Message Service Center (SMSC)
• Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC)
• Service Control Point (SCP)
• Operation Maintenance Center (OMC)/
• Element Management System (EMS)/
• Network Management System (NMS)/
• Operation Support Systems (OSS)
• Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC)
• Serving Mobile Location Centre (SMLC)

Find out how we can support you in the registration process and by which regulations it’s governed here.

All wireless products, e.g. Cell Phones fall under the WPC Certification scheme.

For more information regarding the TEC certification, please read our free information booklet “TEC Certification – The Booklet“.