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| Link to Chinese Version | Issue No. 038 | August 5th, 2009 |
WiMAX Forum Member Conference Taipei will be held from 26th to 30th October, 2009WiMAX Forum Member Conference will be held in Taipei, Taiwan from Oct. 26th to 30th, 2009 at Taipei International Convention Center in Taipei (TICC). In addition to the Member Conference, a three day Broadband Taiwan 2009 event will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall # 3. Working Group meetings will begin on Monday, October 26 and continue through Thursday, October 29. The WiMAX Forum Technical Plenary #2 will be on Friday, October 30. Registration click here |
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Reminder: The First Day to Start Certification Testing under CRSL 7 is 1st Aug 2009WiMAX Forum Certification Working Group has a reminder – If your initial Certification on products starts from 1st August 2009, you will be evaluated against MR 7 (Major Release 7). Those products started under MR 6 before 31st July can have 45 days to complete the Certification process. The termination date for MR 6 is 15th September 2009. |
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BV ADT Keeps Improving WiMAX Certification Testing Service: Several Milestones have been Created up to PresentSince WiMAX Forum announced that Bureau Veritas ADT is accredited for the first WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Laboratory (WFDCL) in Taiwan in 2007, Bureau Veritas ADT has kept improving the service quality and technical capabilities. Up to now, several milestones have been accomplished. Read More |
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Reminder: Wi-Fi Alliance Regulatory UpdateFrom 10th August 2009, Wi-Fi Alliance will remove the Marvell station and replace with the Intel station as the External Registrar in Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Certification Test. This will be applied to WPS Test Plan version 1.8 Both WPA2 and 11n Draft 2.0 Certification Tests will add new testing items of EAP methods AKA (Authentication and Key Agreement) and FAST (Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling) from 16th August 2009. Without using these EAP types for the devices listing in Category 2 and Category 3 will result in failure of obtaining Certification of the DUT (Device Under Testing). Devices in Category 1 may support these EAP types so that they are not required to pass the test. These requirements will be applied to the WPA2 v1.8.5 and 11n Draft 2.0 v1.5.7 Test Plans. |
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Essential Reminder: New Test Items of Wi-Fi 802.11n will be in force from 1st September 2009Wi-Fi Alliance has launched new test items in Wi-Fi 802.11n Draft 2.0 Certification since 30th April 2009. The new items include the tests to prevent TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) from working with 11n HT (High Throughput) rates. From 1st September 2009, these items will enter into force. Read More Besides, the Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that it will not change the baseline requirements of its 802.11n certification program, and plans to make only small optional additions to coincide with the finalization of the 802.11n standard later this year. Read More Official Announcement see here |
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Bureau Veritas ADT is Accredited by the IECEE as a CBTL to Conduct Product Testing of BATT IEC62133Bureau Veritas ADT has been accredited by the IECEE, Worldwide System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electro-technical Equipment and Components, as a CB Testing Laboratories (CBTL) to conduct product testingof IEC 62133 from 22th July 2009. Read More |
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Updated Information from BSMI: Registered RPC Commodity Border Inspection Procedure (Draft)In order to protect the rights of the legal vendors and the consumers, BSMI notified the Registered RPC Commodity Border Inspection Procedure (Draft). Read More |
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EU Commission Sets Eco Design Requirements for Electric Motors, Household Refrigerators and CirculatorsThe Commission of the European Union (EU) has issued a regulation implementing new energy efficiency requirements for electric motors, House Refrigerators and Circulators. The regulations, which were published in July in the Official Journal of the European Union, are considered an implementation measure under the EU’s Eco-Design Directive, 2005/32/EC, which give the Commission the authority to establish minimum efficiency standards for energy-using products. To date, the Commission has issued nine separate eco-design regulations. Eco Design Requirements for Electric Motors Requirements for Household Refrigerators Requirements for Circulations Full Text |
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Essential Reminder: EU Commission Sets Directive 2005/32/EC Lot 5 Television Eco-Design RequirementsThe Commission of the European Union (EU) has issued a regulation implementing new energy efficiency requirements for television sets and television monitors (Lot 5). Read More |
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California Proposes Amendments to Appliance Energy Efficiency RegulationsCalifornia has proposed two amendments to the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 20. These Appliance Efficiency Regulations were established in 1976 to reduce California's energy consumption and are updated periodically to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new energy efficiency technologies and methods. Twenty-one categories of appliances are included in the scope of these regulations. The regulations apply to appliances sold in California, except those sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state, and those designed and sold exclusively for use in recreational vehicles or other mobile equipment. Key Points Under the Proposed Amendments: ĦE Docket Number 08-AAER-1A |
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