New Delhi: The Division of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday introduced a pointy discount of as much as 95% within the safety check analysis charges for telecom and ICT merchandise. Beforehand, these charges ranged from Rs 2,00,000 to Rs 3,50,000 relying on the tools class, however have now been drastically lowered.
Below the revised construction, the price for Group A tools has been lowered to Rs 10,000 from ₹2,00,000; for Group B to Rs 20,000 from Rs 2,00,000; for Group C to Rs 30,000 from Rs 2,50,000; and for Group D to Rs 50,000 from Rs 3,50,000. This transfer will considerably ease the monetary burden on telecom and ICT product producers, particularly home gamers.
Efficient from August 1, 2025, this revised price construction underneath the Communication Security Certification Scheme (ComSec) goals to make the safety certification course of extra inexpensive for home producers, significantly MSMEs, in accordance with an announcement from the Ministry of Communications.
For presidency R&D institutes resembling CDOT and CDAC, all safety check analysis charges are totally exempted for purposes submitted for product certification till March 31, 2028. That is a part of a broader initiative to encourage innovation in public sector analysis.
The DoT additionally introduced simplification of the safety testing and compliance course of for Extremely Specialised Tools (HSE) and Finish-of-Sale/Finish-of-Life telecom merchandise. At present, merchandise resembling IP routers, Wi-Fi CPEs, and 5G Core SMFs are topic to obligatory safety testing, whereas Optical Line Terminals and Optical Networking Terminals fall underneath voluntary safety certification, with price exemptions legitimate till August 31, 2025.
The Nationwide Centre for Communication Security (NCCS), underneath the DoT, has been mandated to implement safety testing and certification underneath this scheme. In accordance with the up to date framework, OEMs, importers, and sellers who intend to promote, import, or use telecom tools in India should guarantee their merchandise bear safety testing and certification underneath the ComSec scheme. For this function, safety check analysis charges are relevant.
This price discount is anticipated to spice up the competitiveness of Indian telecom producers, stimulate native innovation, and supply a extra streamlined pathway to market entry for each home and worldwide Unique Tools Producers (OEMs).
