Telecom gear vendors like Nokia, Huawei and ZTE have said that TEC’s move to put mandatory testing and certification for wireline equipment on hold will impact deployments in the country. The Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) informed all vendors through notices that certifications issued have been put on hold till further notice due to “anomaly” found in the process of phase-II of Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE) regime. Under the phase-2, telecom equipment makers were supposed to get certification for transmission terminal equipment, passive optical network family (PON) of broadband equipment and feedback devices.