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| Link to Chinese Version | Issue No. 040 | October 7th, 2009 |
Celebration of Bureau Veritas ADT 20th Anniversary and Linkou New Testing Building OpeningBureau Veritas ADT has entered its 20 years. To celebrate this big event, the “20th Anniversary of Bureau Veritas ADT and Linkou New Testing Building Opening Banquet” was held on 2 October in Linkou Testing Building which was inaugurated in this year. Up to hundred partners attended the Banquet to celebrate with Bureau Veritas ADT employee. Since its foundation in 1988, Bureau Veritas ADT has been developing its business in Electronic and Electricity industry for 20 years. At beginning, it was created in Linkou with the name of ADT, providing the service of EMC testing. During the past years, its path extended to HsinChu, Shanghai, Hwaya and Shenzen. Bureau Veritas ADT promises that it can offer the clients the newest and completed one stop services. Moreover, in 2005, we joined the family of Bureau Veritas (BV) which was founded in 1828 and sets up more than 900 offices in 140 countries up to now. Through the network of Bureau Veritas Group, Bureau Veritas ADT can offer more international services to its partners. Until now, Bureau Veritas ADT has developed the completed capacities and capabilities including EMC, RF, Telecom, Safety, OTA, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, DTV and Green. The services cover testing, certification, verification, audit, consulting and training. |
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Essential Reminder: WiMAX Forum 2009 Member Conference will be held in Taipei during 26 to 30October 2009WiMAX Forum is going to hold 2009 Member Conference in Taipei. Working Group meetings will begin on Monday, 26 October and continue through Thursday, 29 October. The WiMAX Forum Technical Plenary #2 will be on Friday, 30 October. All WiMAX Forum members are welcome to attend this conference. It is an opportunity to let your voice speak for WiMAX. Register for WiMAX Forum Taipei 2009 Member Conference. In addition to WiMAX Forum Member Conference, Broadband Taiwan 2009 will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall #3 across from the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) and the Grand Hyatt Hotel. As part of Broadband Taiwan 2009, the WiMAX Summit Taiwan 2009, a conference open to the public is being held on Monday, 26 October, at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC). Register for WiMAX Summit Taiwan 2009. |
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WiMAX Forum New Certification Testing Item - RRTRRT, which stands for Radio Requirement Testing, is recently required for certification from CRSL 7.0 (1 Aug, 2009). Members need to conduct this test for Mobile Stations under Mobile WiMAX band classes as listed in WiMAX Forum Mobile Certification Profile. It combines various regional regulatory requirements for spectrum mask and spurious emission as it aims to provide an universal standard. Currently, only for MT2500T-01 profile (2.5GHz, 5/10MHz BW) and MT2300T-02 (2.3GHz, 5/10MHz BW) is required RRT as part of MS certification tests. For other profiles, it will need to wait for development of RRT Test specification document finalized. Bureau Veritas ADT has rich experiences on RF regulatory testing, and fully conduct RRT testing as WiMAX Forum required |
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WiMAX Forum Certification License Fee has been changedWiMAX Forum made a change to the WiMAX Forum Certification Licensing Fee two weeks ago. Any class I or II changes to a product would only need to pay a reduced fee of $500 USD to cover the WMF costs of processing this change on the product showcase (original fee is $3,000). Although the WiMAX Forum Certification License Fee for the product which using previous certified module (i.e. PCI express card in a laptop) will be charged 0.25 USD/unit, for new product's initial certification, please also note that the vendor could use either 10k USD or 0.25USD/unit for the Certification License Fee. The WiMAX Forum will directly invoice each company the licensing fee at the completion of each successful certification. For more detail, please feel free to contact us. |
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Essential Reminder: Logos for Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n now available for member downloadWi-Fi Alliance updated certification program for Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n is expected to launch on 30 September, 2009. Ahead of that date, Wi-Fi Alliance releases the now-available branding materials: |
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New certification arrangement for Telecomunications Equipment in Hong KongAs announced by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (“OFTA”), it has accredited four local certification bodies (“LCBs”) to provide a full range of equipment testing and certification services. Information about them is available in the OFTA website. The four LCBs will commence service on 1 October 2009. Under the arrangement, the accredited LCBs will provide on a non-exclusive basis a full range of testing and certification services with a scope not less than that currently operated by OFTA. In addition, the certification fee which LCBs will levy during the first year of operation will stay at the same level currently charged by OFTA. After LCBs have taken over the testing and certification services, OFTA will cease provision of similar services. OFTA will however complete all outstanding applications in hand (i.e. those applications OFTA received before the handover date i.e. 1 October 2009). Please approach the LCBs directly for your future certification applications or related enquiry from 1 October 2009 onwards. |
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New SAR regulation in BrazilBrazil Telecommunication Authority - ANATEL - just published the new SAR standard in Brazil, Res. 533-2009. Apparently SAR tests will be required for a huge line of devices (notebooks, BT headsets etc), not only mobile phones. |
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The original published cessation date of the coming 1 October 2009 for EN55022:1998+A1:2000+A2:2003 is postponed until 1 October 2011According to Official Journal of the European Union (2009/C 197/03) and (2009/C 197/04) of 21 August 2009, the original published cessation date of 1 October 2009 for EN55022:1998+A1:2000+A2:2003 is postponed until 1 October 2011. Please see here as a reference. |
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ENERGYSTAR for Television updated. (Version 4.0 / 5.0)The Version 4.0 and 5.0 ENERGY STAR Specifications for Televisions have been finalized as of 3 September 2009. These requirements establish challenging On Mode power consumption levels, take steps to ensure a TV is viewed in the mode in which it qualified for ENERGY STAR so consumer savings are realized, and curb energy associated with downloading program guide data. The effective date for the Version 4.0 requirements in this specification is 1 May 2010. The effective date for the Version 5.0 requirements is 1 May 2012. Please see here as a reference. |
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15th Meeting: EuP Consultation Forum to discuss imaging equipment & complex set-top boxes Posted on 11 September 2009The European Commission (EC) has announced that the fifteenth meeting of the Eco-design of Energy-using Products Framework Directive (the EuP Directive) Consultation Forum will take place on Monday 12 October in Brussels to discuss proposals on voluntary agreements for imaging equipment and complex set-top boxes. About Lot 18 Complete Set-Top-Box (Voluntary Industry Agreement), please see here as a reference, |
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Australia Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and Labeling Requirement for Television. (Mandatory)From 1 October 2009 Australian states and territories will introduce energy efficiency regulations for televisions. The regulations will require registration of all models imported from 1 October 2009 for supply in Australia and specify requirements for mandatory energy labeling and compliance with Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS). Please see here as a reference, |
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