JAINHITS attains BIS certification for its set top boxes

JAINHITS, India’s only HITS Platform based service in India announced on 4 March that it has successfully attained the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification for its set top boxes. This certification is in line with the DeitY’s (Department of Electronics and Information Technology) recent mandate on compliance of all imported as well as locally manufactured products electronic goods across 15 categories to comply with BIS’ quality benchmarks.

Dr. J.K. Jain, Chairman of Jain TV Group & Founder of NSTPL, said, “We are happy to announce the attainment of this certification as we applaud the government’s decision to set product quality benchmarks in the country. The mandate will enable to resolve quality challenges faced by the industry, and inculcate confidence among consumers. With this the consumer will pay for world glass services as well for products which are safe and certified.  JAINHITS always strive towards delivering best in class products and services to our consumers and achieving this certification is a testament to our commitment on quality.”

The ruling has been brought into effect owing to the increasing demand for electronic goods in India and includes product ranges from set top box laptops to tablets, and TV sets to microwave ovens. With this outline, all such products will need to be BIS-compliant for sale, manufacture or importing in the country.

Adding to this, Mr. Devinder Singh, Head- Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, Noida Software Technology Park Ltd. said, “Any Certification by itself is a tedious, time taking process. Where the aspect of human safety is required it becomes all the more involved exercise. The amount of Rs 1.5 lakhs (approx.) invested in getting STBs certified is not huge, but, achieving BIS certification is not an easy journey. It not only involves monetary expenditure at various stages, but also requires time and extensive documentation testing both in-house & various International Certification agencies like “CE", "UL" etc. The equipments presently requiring BIS certification for import or manufacturing in India need to be tested by Govt. recognized laboratories for meeting all standards including safety and transmission. Once testing to IS13252:2010 is complete these are required to meet IS152425: 2002 (as amended) standards. These need to be addressable and meet TRI's relevant Regulations of DAS."      

Motorola is the end to end technology partner providing end-to-end networks solution, including video core solutions, access network solutions and customer premises solutions (set-top-boxes).

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