The Telecommunication Engineering Center is a body under telecom commission and a nodal agency of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)

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, Government of India

Government of India

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 which is responsible for drawing up of standards, generic requirements, interface requirements, service requirements and specifications for telecom products, services and networks.

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) is an "S&T" institution of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, with headquarters in New Delhi

New Delhi

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. It has four Regional Centres in New Delhi, Kolkata

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, Mumbai

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 and Bangalore

Bangalore

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TEC Organization Chart

SPECIALISED DIVISIONS :

The following Specialised divisions of TEC cover various telecom technology areas :

External Plant
Information Technology
Networks
Optical Transmission
Line Transmission

Radio Transmission
Satellite Transmission
Value Aided Services
Switching
Mobile Communications
These divisions are responsible for standardisation and trials of new technologies. They have capabilities and human resources for testing of all kinds of telecom products, services and networks. The regional centres, as mentioned above, carry out test Interface Approvals and Service test certificates for telcom products and services.

HUMAN RESOURCES :

TEC has a strength of 27 telecom professionals, 94 telecom engineers and 88 support staff for carrying out its responsibilities.