The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of the Ministry of Communications of India is making exempt the safety requirements of IEC:60215 for customer premise equipment.

Customer-premises equipment (CPE) is any radio or terminal telecommunications equipment located and operating within customer premises and connected to the network.

Recently, a formal announcement has been set out, regarding the relaxation of the regulations requiring testing of customer premises equipment with RF interfaces according to IEC:60215

IEC:60215 Safety requirements for radio transmitting equipment - General requirements and terminology

IEC:60215 is applicable for radio transmitting equipment operated by "skilled" persons. It also applies to auxiliary equipment and ancillary apparatus, including combining units and matching networks and cooling systems where these form an integral part of the transmitter system.

As of October 14, 2019, customer premise equipment with RF interfaces shall not require testing per IEC:60215 standards. However other telecommunications equipment with RF interfaces will continue to be required to be tested according to IEC:60215.

This official memorandum from the Telecommunication Engineering Centre is in effect as of its publication.