{"id":31300,"date":"2026-02-19T10:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/?p=31300"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:45:44","slug":"india-expands-tec-essential-requirements-for-ip-security-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/india-expands-tec-essential-requirements-for-ip-security-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"India Expands TEC Essential Requirements for IP Security Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 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 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/tec\/what-is-tec\/\">TEC certification<\/a><\/strong> in order to be approved for import and sale in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IP-Security-equipment-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31301\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IP-Security-equipment-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IP-Security-equipment-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IP-Security-equipment-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IP-Security-equipment-1-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/tec\/what-is-tec\/\"><strong>TEC certification<\/strong><\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/tec\/standards\/\"><strong>TEC standards<\/strong><\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in understanding what requirements are needed for your product to be imported into India, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or phone (Europe: <strong>+49-69-271 37 69 261, <\/strong>US: <strong>+1 773 654-2673<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/tec\/what-is-tec\/\"><strong>TEC certification<\/strong><\/a>, please refer to our free brochure &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/certification-india.com\/en\/tec-certification-the-booklet\/\"><strong>TEC Certification Made Easy<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 February 2026, the Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) released an updated version of the Essential Requirements (ER) applicable to IP Security Equipment. 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