Telecommunication Engineering Center

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, Government of India 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. It has four Regional Centres in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore.

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.