Communications & Energy
Discover the range of services we offer to assure the quality, safety and usability of IT products, from cell phones and solar panels, to wireless routers and satellite systems.
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We test many products, here are just a few to discover. >
Cell Phones
Makes no difference if you call or text, if it's for work or to connect with friends, if you're an influencer or an entrepreneur, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Industry certifications
- Conformance testing
- Network operator acceptance testing
- Over the Air (OTA) antenna performance
- Acoustics and audio performance
- Field & Interoperability testing
- RF/EMC testing, including
- Product safety and performance testing for more than 200 international and regional safety marks
- Battery testing for more than 65 standards
- International Type Approval (ITA) service for more than 183 countries
- Validation and consulting services
Laptops and Computers
Makes no difference if it’s for gaming, movies or meetings, if it’s lightweight or has a touch-screen, if it's left on your desk or carried in your backpack wherever you go, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Product safety, including:
- Full evaluation of IEC62368-1 2nd and 3rd edition, and its national standards
- Safety certification
- Battery safety
- Earphone jack output acoustics
- EMC and RF, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 2/3/4/5G, NFC, and:
- EU: CE-EMC, CE-RED
- US: FCC SDoC, FCC ID
- Canada: ISED, IC ID
- Australia: RCM
- Japan: JRL, TBL
- Energy Efficiency, including EU ecodesign, US DOE and CEC, Canada NRCan, and Energy Star
- Performance:
- Display
- Camera
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi connection
- Battery
- Cyber Security: EN 303 645, etc.
- Protocol testing and certification: USB-IF, HDMI, etc.
Solar Panels
Makes no difference if it’s to power a house or a city, if it’s on your roof or in the garden, if you live in California or in Sweden, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Product safety and performance testing, including:
- Safety tests including insulation, grounding, hot spot, and wet leakage
- Performance tests including power, and generating capacity
- Environmental tests including dust, salt spray, and ammonia
- Reliability test of PID, LID, LeTID, etc.
- TC, HF, UV and other ageing tests
- Technical assistance – expert assistance, every step of the way
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control:
- Factory audits
- Final random inspection
- Pre-shipment inspection
- Loading supervision
- Sustainability services – Clean Energy Council and Carbon footprint
Wireless
Makes no difference if you’re in the city or out in the fields, if you’re using a mobile, computer or a connected device, if you’re surfing the web or driving a smart car, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Conformance testing, including:
- RF/Protocol, USIM/USAT/UICC, Application
- 2G/3G/4G/5G, Cat-M1 & NB-IoT
- Over the Air (OTA) antenna performance
- Acoustics and audio performance
- Field & interoperability testing
- Wireless Industry Certifications, including:
- GCF, PTCRB, CTIA
- OMA, Sigfox, OneM2M, Thread, OmniAir & others
- Wi-Fi Alliance, Bluetooth SIG, USB-IF, WPC, NFC
- RF/EMC testing
- Product safety and performance testing for more than 200 international and regional safety marks
- Battery testing for more than 65 different standards
- International Type Approval (ITA) service for more than 183 countries
- Validation and consulting