Test and Certification Laboratories

A large number of test house companies exist in Europe which provide DECT testing and Type Approval services, including those listed below. Please e-mail DECTweb with details if you know of others which should be added to this list -there are many more ! Thank you.

BABT Product Service,  Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, UK, US
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Following a joint venture between BABT and TUV Product Service (www.tuvps.co.uk/home/telecoms/ ), BABT Product Service offers a complete range of test and certification for telecommunications customers across the world, including DECT Testing and Type Approvals service, including dual mode DECT/GSM

Cetecom, Germany, France, Benelux, Spain
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Cetecom undertake testing, type approval and certification for the conformity of DECT products to CTR 6, CTR 10 and CTR 22, as well as testing to the EMC and Low Voltage Directives. Cetecom is a Competent Body and Designated Laboratory, with offices in several countries.

Comlab, Norway
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Comlab is an accredited testhouse for telecommunications and radio equipment and a Notified Body for the R&TTE Directive and the EMC directive.  Comlab offers short lead-times and a high degree of flexibility.

Among the services offered are:
-Conformance testing for DECT to TBR6, TBR10 and TBR22
-Conformance testing for ISDN Basic Access to TBR 3
-PSTN interface testing to TBR37
-PSTN general acoustical requirements to TBR38
-EMC and safety testing to EN 301 489-6 and EN60950

ECCT (European Communications Consultancy Team)
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ECCT (European Communications Consultancy Team), founded in 1993 in Eindhoven the Netherlands, as a pre-qualification house for Philips Consumer Electronics, concentrated on testing and approbation activities for telecom terminal equipment in the European countries. In 1995 a development team was set up, consisting of engineers who had many years of experience in telecom engineering at Philips Semiconductors. Since that time we have built up a lot of experience with DECT developments.

Our activities are:
Development - Hardware and software development of telecommunication terminals, such as cordless telephones (DECT, CT0, CT1), digital answering machines, Bluetooth and wireless LAN applications.

Testing - Inhouse pre-qualification and guidance through the electronic and acoustical verification process (TBR6,TBR10, TBR21, TBR38, TBR22, EMC and safety testing). We modify and adapt equipment such that it passes all specification parameters in case of failures.

Consultancy -  in the areas of product definition, electronic design and manufacturing.

Electronic Technology Systems
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ETS Dr.Genz GmbH - accredited test house & certification body
BZT - ETS Certification GmbH - notified body

ETS provides a complete solution for DECT testing and certification:

- Testing according EN 301 406, TBR 10, TBR 21, TBR 22, TBR 38, I-CTR 37, including national annexes
- 2,4 GHz DECT testing (FCC approval)
- Regulatory testing according R&TTE directive (radio, emc, safety)
- R&TTE certification by our Notified Body

The ETS world-wide network consists of the head-quarters in Germany, several branch offices all over the world and test laboratories in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and USA. Please take a look for our whole offers concerning GSM, GPRS, BLUETOOTH, general radio, EMC and safety.

Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications NCSR "Demokritos", Greece
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Conformance testing services for DECT

Mikes Product Service GmbH
Company website
MIKES PRODUCT SERVICE GmbH, a subsidiary of BABT Product Service, is an European accredited EMC and Telecom laboratory which undertakes compliance tests on DECT products according to CTR 6, CTR 10 and CTR 22. Also the applicable EMC and Safety tests can be performed.

Telefication BV, Netherlands
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Offers type approval testing to CTR / TBR 6, CTR / TBR 11, TBR 22, EMC and safety testing.

Telelaboratoriet, Denmark
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Offers testing to TBR 6 - DECT General Terminal Attachment Requirements, TBR 10 - DECT Telephony Applications and TBR22 - DECT Generic Access Profile.  CAP testing also may be available by now

TUV Product Service
Company website
TUV Product Service has merged their telecom testing activities with BABT to form a new joint veture company, BABT Product Service, see above

TUV Product Service Asia Ltd. provide full DECT approval testing in the Asia region.   DECT standards like EN 301 406, TBR10, TBR22, TBR37, TBR38, EN 301 489-1/-6 (EMC) and EN 60950 (safety) can now be tested in-house.   A certificate "Attestation of Conformity" under the R&TTE Directive 99/5/EC will be issued under TUV Product Service Munich and BABT when the requirements are met.

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