CETECOM has strengthened its EMC test arm. The Essen-based company has acquired the Mitsubishi Electric International Approval Centre (IAC) in Düsseldorf. The deal will enable CETECOM to penetrate new industry segments. “The experience and the reputation of the Mitsubishi Electric IAC perfectly match with CETECOM’s state-of-the-art service standards”, says CETECOM Chief Executive Officer, Wilfried Klassmann.

CETECOM is providing complete tests for the Wi-Fi Direct services program. “We´re very happy about the new qualification. With this further qualification we can offer our customers all kind of testing according to the Wi-Fi Alliance programs”, says Michael Berg, Wi-Fi Lab Manager at CETECOM.

Essen-based CETECOM says that its Milpitas, California facility has been accredited to offer Visa certification testing for payment-enabled cellular phones and other mobile devices. It is the first test lab in the US to be recognised by Visa.

TASS International and CETECOM have jointly announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for connected driving technology. The companies aim to provide a comprehensive validation service of cooperative driving and connected vehicle technologies on both a functional and communication level.

CETECOM and Codenomicon are joining forces to create a partnership providing Security Vulnerability Testing of Wireless Devices and Mobile Applications. This cooperation has a global scale and is valid in Europe, Asia and the US. and extends the already announced preferred testing partnership.

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), today announced it has surpassed the 50 member mark. Having grown 50 percent in the first quarter of 2012 alone, and representing 70 percent of automotive and 70 percent of smartphone markets worldwide, the milestone represents a sharp increase in momentum for the MirrorLink standard. The CCC made the announcement at International CTIA WIRELESS 2012 to reflect heightened coordination between the mobile, aut...

CETECOM is one of the first Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) Authorized Testing Lab (ATL) officially performing MirrorLink certification testing for vehicle manufacturers, handset manufacturers, systems suppliers and consumer electronics vendors. CETECOM supports the technical evaluation of products seeking CCC certified status.

CETECOM and WSI Wireless System Integration are partnering to combine its activities to offer one stop turnkey solutions starting from early product feasibility evaluations up to global market entry strategies. WSI and CETECOM offer its partnership approach to ensure a fast and secure transformation of innovative ideas into successful products.

CETECOM has demonstrated as one of the first laboratories worldwide a high-class expertise and state-of-the-art equipment in the field of newest OTA requirements like artificial hands, A-GPS and notebooks.

CETECOM has selected Spirent’s 8100 Location Technology Solution to provide the industry’s first and only SUPL 2.0 conformance test capability for GSM and WCDMA devices, based on standards from the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

CETECOM has selected Anite’s LTE conformance toolset and SAS test solutions for Verizon Wireless device certification testing. Anite’s Conformance Toolset delivers comprehensive & industry leading coverage of LTE signalling protocol test cases encompassing both GCF and PTCRB certification requirements.

CETECOM has recently submitted 88 protocol test cases (3GPP TS 36.523-1) on Anite test platform (Anite Conformance Toolset / Anite 9000 Mobile Test Accelerator [TP113]) to the Global Certification Forum (GCF) for validation. This work has now been ratified during the GCF-CAG#22 meeting (20-21 April 2010) held in Beijing, China in FDD-7 and additionally in FDD-13.

CETECOM has recently submitted the following RF test cases on a Rohde & Schwarz test platform (R&S TS8980 [TP 98]) to the Global Certification Forum (GCF) for validation: • TC 6.2.2 UE Maximum Output Power • TC 6.3.2 Minimum Output Power • TC 6.5.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness

CETECOM, a global leader in testing, certification and consulting for the wireless industry has become one of the first test laboratories in the world to be PTCRB accredited for LTE. This allows CETECOM to begin offering LTE conformance testing to device manufacturer’s targeting the North American market.

CETECOM, a global leader in testing, certification and consulting for the wireless industry, has selected the R&S©TS8980FTA RF Conformance Test System to be part of its arsenal of LTE test equipment. The new test system from Rohde & Schwarz, a leading international manufacturer of test and measurement equipment, will help CETECOM support certification testing of mobile devices based on LTE technology. A massive rollout of LTE networks is predict...

CETECOM and Altair Semiconductor, a 4G chip company developing the world’s most advanced mobile semiconductors for handheld devices, today announced the successful completion of a joint LTE test session.

CETECOM’s Over-The-Air (OTA) Performance test centre in Essen (Germany) has recently been officially authorized by the CTIA and Wi-Fi Alliance® to execute RF Performance Evaluation of Wi-Fi Mobile Converged Devices on their behalf and according to their test plan.

As the leading test laboratory for GCF/PTCRB validated handset type approval, CETECOM has chosen the fully synchronised (U)SAT/(U)SIM solution COMPRION SIMfony to carry out combined handset conformance testing. The SIMfony system is already used in four of CETECOM’s worldwide locations.

CETECOM has developed and introduced a new member of the FACTSware test platform family (TP86). The RF performance test cases which are required by GCF and PTCRB for A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) have been implemented so that this new A-GPS test solution enables testing according to the 3GPP Test Specifications TS 34.171 (A-GPS Minimum Performance) and TS 51.010-1.

CETECOM has added RF performance tests for A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) to its portfolio and has therefore expanded its testing equipment by selecting Spirent Communications’ UMTS Location Test System (ULTS).