TEC has issued a notification for the 5G Core Nodes that there will be a provisional MTCTE certificate issued, valid for 2 years for the completely Virtualized/ Software based 5G Core Nodes.
The following must be noted during application submission –
1.) Applicant needs to upload Self-Declaration for Conformity (Annexure-I) against the applicable parameters of Essential Requirement (ER) on the MTCTE Portal. The said parameters shall be treated as Exempted.
2.) Applicant is required to mention in the Remarks column of the BoM (Bill of Materials) file that these are the completely Virtualized/ Software based applications/ products.