Hi Jeff, The MII in China does require type approval (Network Access License) for a wide-ranging scope of telecommunications equipment.
There are several defined categories of equipment included in the NAL scope: - Telecommunications Terminal Equipment - Wireless Telecommunications Equipment - Interworking Equipment The "Interworking Equipment" category does include, among other things, optical transmission equipment, network switches, gateways and routers. >From our experience, CO-type equipment is typically classified as "important" >equipment under the NAL procedures. In addition to the testing required as >part of the approval process, applications for "important" equipment must now >be accompanied by a 3-month trial test report from a Chinese carrier or >authorized network simulation lab. Hope this provides a bit more insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any additional questions. Best Regards, Chun Kim BWS Tech, The Approval Specialists ----- Original Message ----- From: Collins, Jeffrey To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: Type Approval in China for Telecom Equipment Group, Has anyone had experiences with Type Approvals for telecom equipment in China? I'm specifically looking for laws which spell out what type of Telecom products require it and what types are exempt. I received a request from our sales in China that the government agency for telecom " Ministry of Information Industry" ( MII ) requires type approval for our gear. We are strictly Central Office Telecom equipment with no direct connection to residential lines. Our products are sold only to major carriers and will not be sold at large. Any comments, experiences, or knowledge in working with China regarding Telecom is appreciated. Regards, Jeffrey Collins Sr. HW Engineering Manager EMC/ NEBS/ Safety/ Reliability CIENA Core Switching Division 10480 Ridgeview Court, Cupertino, CA. 95014 (408) 366-4806, Fax (408) 366-4866 [email protected] http://www.ciena.com ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
