Today (February 6th), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Notice on Several Reform Measures of Network Access License System for Telecommunication Equipment. In order to thoroughly implement the decision-making arrangements of the 20th Party Congress on deepening the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, optimizing the business environment, and further promoting the high-quality development of the telecommunications equipment industry, according to the requirements of the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Deepening the Reform of the Management System of Electronic and Electrical Appliances Industry (Guo Ban Fa [2022] No.31), some reform measures and implementation details of the telecommunications equipment network access licensing system are notified as follows:
First, adjust the supervision mode of some telecommunications equipment
(1) The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will no longer accept and approve new applications for network access licenses for 11 kinds of telecommunications equipment, including fixed telephone terminals, cordless telephone terminals, group telephones, fax machines, modems (including cards), wireless pagers, narrow-band integrated services digital network terminals (ISDN terminals), multimedia terminals connected to mobile communication networks, frame relay switches, asynchronous transfer mode switches (ATM switches) and call center equipment.
For telecom equipment that is no longer subject to network access license management, the production enterprise shall clearly state the telecom standards adopted by its products according to the Product Quality Law, Standardization Law, Telecommunications Regulations and other laws and regulations, and shall not reduce the quality and performance of the products. Production enterprises should fill in the relevant information of their newly listed products in the last quarter through the online government service platform of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (https://jwxk.miit.gov.cn) in the first month of each quarter. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will strengthen supervision during and after the event and investigate and deal with violations of laws and regulations according to law.
(2) Satellite Internet equipment and functional virtualization equipment shall be included in the current network access license management in accordance with the Telecommunications Regulations and the Measures for the Administration of Telecommunication Equipment Access.
Two, streamline and optimize the network access license testing project.
(1) In the pre-detection link of network access license, cancel the network access detection items such as the environmental adaptability and power supply reliability of mobile phones, which are less related to telecommunications security and interconnection, update the telecommunications standards on which network access detection is based in time, and dynamically adjust the technical specifications for network access detection.
(2) Qualified telecommunication equipment network access testing institutions shall carry out network access testing activities in strict accordance with relevant telecommunication standards and technical specifications, and reduce the charging standards accordingly according to the reduction of testing items.
Three, announced the time limit for the approval of network access permits.
Except for legal reasons, the application for network access permission submitted by the enterprise promises to complete the examination within 15 working days from the date of acceptance, and make a decision on permission or disapproval.
Four, to extend the validity of the trial approval into the network.
The new telecom equipment that implements the network access licensing system but has no national standards or industry standards shall be allowed to enter the network for trial use and put into the network for trial use after necessary testing and review, and the validity period of the trial use approval shall be uniformly adjusted to 2 years.
Five, the implementation of telecom equipment product family management.
For telecom equipment that has obtained network access permission, if the licensed enterprise adds or changes the entrusted production enterprise (i.e. OEM enterprise), or changes the technology and appearance of the main functions and core components, the licensed enterprise shall timely fill in relevant information through the online government service platform of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, without re-testing the network access or handling the network access permission. Where the contents published in network access license are changed, the licensed enterprise shall go through the formalities for changing the license information as required.
The above measures shall be implemented as of March 1, 2023.