<p>The telecom department has exempted certain products including mobile user equipment, mobile handsets, and smart watches from the ambit of its mandatory testing `MTCTE regime', removing a regulatory overlap that existed, an official release said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The exemptions on these widely-used products will reduce the compliance burden and will enable the industry to roll out their products faster, it said adding that the move will also reduce import delays.</p>.<p>"DoT (Telecom Department) in consultation with MEITY examined the issue and has now decided to exempt following products from the ambit of MTCTE regime: Mobile User Equipment / Mobile handset (Mobile phone), server, smart watch, smart camera, PoS Machine (Point of Sale Devices)," the release said.</p>.<p>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) carries out Compulsory Registration of specified goods -- such as laptops, wireless keyboards, PoS machines and other electronic equipment -- under the Electronics and Information Technology (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012.</p>.<p>Department of Telecom (DoT) has specified 'Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE)' under Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2017 for equipment capable of being used for telecommunications.</p>.<p>Amid increasing convergence of technology, regulatory overlap was noted regarding certain products such as smart watch, smart camera amongst others.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>.<p>Representations were also received from industries and associations regarding overlapping jurisdiction of DoT and MEITY.</p>.<p>"It was highlighted that such overlap is a deterrent for timely launch of new products. It also increases the compliance cost for the industry," the release noted.</p>.<p>The removal of regulatory overlap in mandatory testing for these products is a "regulatory reform" that will improve the ease of doing business for electronics manufacturing companies and contribute towards making India a $1 trillion digital economy. "The gazette notification in this regard will be issued in due course," it said.</p>
<p>The telecom department has exempted certain products including mobile user equipment, mobile handsets, and smart watches from the ambit of its mandatory testing `MTCTE regime', removing a regulatory overlap that existed, an official release said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The exemptions on these widely-used products will reduce the compliance burden and will enable the industry to roll out their products faster, it said adding that the move will also reduce import delays.</p>.<p>"DoT (Telecom Department) in consultation with MEITY examined the issue and has now decided to exempt following products from the ambit of MTCTE regime: Mobile User Equipment / Mobile handset (Mobile phone), server, smart watch, smart camera, PoS Machine (Point of Sale Devices)," the release said.</p>.<p>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) carries out Compulsory Registration of specified goods -- such as laptops, wireless keyboards, PoS machines and other electronic equipment -- under the Electronics and Information Technology (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012.</p>.<p>Department of Telecom (DoT) has specified 'Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE)' under Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2017 for equipment capable of being used for telecommunications.</p>.<p>Amid increasing convergence of technology, regulatory overlap was noted regarding certain products such as smart watch, smart camera amongst others.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>.<p>Representations were also received from industries and associations regarding overlapping jurisdiction of DoT and MEITY.</p>.<p>"It was highlighted that such overlap is a deterrent for timely launch of new products. It also increases the compliance cost for the industry," the release noted.</p>.<p>The removal of regulatory overlap in mandatory testing for these products is a "regulatory reform" that will improve the ease of doing business for electronics manufacturing companies and contribute towards making India a $1 trillion digital economy. "The gazette notification in this regard will be issued in due course," it said.</p>