India, Aug. 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Government, through the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), has specified environmental testing requirements for telecom equipment under the QM-333 standard, which ensures reliable operation under climatic stresses in disaster-prone regions. Further, with respect to wind velocity withstanding capacity, BIS standard IS875(Part 3) is referred in TEC Generic Requirements of towers. This standard (part 3) deals with wind loads to be considered when designing buildings, structures and components thereof.
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