Certification Introduction:
India WPC (Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing) is an agency that controls wireless regulations in India. All wireless products must be approved by WPC before entering the market. There are two types of frequency bands in India: free and open. For free and open frequency bands, such devices only need to apply for an ETA (Equipment Type Approval) certificate; for other frequency bands that are not free and open, you need to apply for a license. Both the ETA and the license holder must be a locally registered company. Based on CE R & TTE or FCC ID (India local standard), 2G/3G/4G requires mobile operators to apply.
Authentication Basic Information:
• Is it mandatory: mandatory certification
• Factory Inspection : None
• Regulated products: wireless communication products
• Test Samples: Sample testing is required, or no sample required if an RF report for CE is available
• Certificate Validity Period: None
• Local testing: no local testing required
• Local Agent: Yes
• Reports issued by BACL are directly recognized by WPC and can be used for certification
Certification Requirements:
The wireless certification of wireless products in India can be divided into two modes: ETA (Equipment Type of Approval) certification and License license. For free and open frequency bands such as 13.56MHz, 433MHz, 2.4GHz, 5.725-5.825GHz, etc., you need to apply for ETA certification; if the device uses other non-free and open frequency bands, such as GSM, WCDMA mobile phones, etc., you need to apply for a license.
For ETA certification, India recognizes European standards, and WPC signs the certificate by means of an audit report. For the License license, it needs to meet the standard requirements of India.
For ETA application, the product does not need to be sent to India for local testing, and the product can submit an application for accreditation to WPC with an R & TTE report.
Applicable Product Range:
Equipment with radio transmitters. These include mobile (GSM or WCDMA) handsets, wireless local area network (WLAN) devices such as Wi-Fi devices, Bluetooth devices, Zigbee devices, WiMAX devices, RFID devices, contactless smart card readers, and in combination with some other RF transmitters device products. Also only receivers do not require a WPC certificate, such as GPS products.
Certification Category:
• ETA (Equipment Type of Approval) certification: free and open frequency bands such as 13.56MHz, 433MHz, 2.4GHz, 5.725-5.825GHz, etc.;
• License: non-free and open frequency bands, such as GSM, WCDMA mobile phones;
• For ETA certification, India recognizes European standards and WPC signs the certificate by means of an audit report. For the License license, it needs to meet the standard requirements of India;
• For ETA application, the product does not need to be sent to India for local testing, and the product can submit an application for approval to WPC with an R&TTE report.
