Europe : CETECOM has supplied MINT ( Mobile Communications Integrated Tester ) to ADR Testing Service, the world's leading GSM/3G certification laboratory based at Motorola GmbH in Flensburg, Germany.

This will allow ADR to be one of the most complete laboratories in the world and, by being equipped with the latest dual mode test platform for 2G/3G, one of the most technically advanced.

CETECOM has already delivered the validated MINT RF Conformance Tester with quad-band (850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA FDD I) and GSM/GPRS/EDGE/AMR/UMTS testing capabilities according to Global Certification Forum Criteria and PCS Type Certification Review Board. The system has already been installed and verified at Motorola.

Juan Carlos Mora, Product Manager at CETECOM, said, "MINT is now installed at a vendor's laboratory, which demonstrates industry's confidence in our products, which can be used either for conformance testing or research and development purposes. CETECOM Spain is committed to the continuous evolution of the technology, and it is very aware of what manufacturers need. We are proud that Motorola has selected us as a test system supplier, which indeed will encourage us to follow what happens in the mobile communication industry closely in order to support our clients more efficiently.

"Our agreement with ADR Motorola goes beyond just a test system supplier, new possibilities and requirements for Motorola will be analyzed and studied together and will allow our systems to be more flexible testing platforms. The first practical example will be DARP (Downlink Advanced Receiver Performance), a new feature required by some of the US operators that will be included in MINT."

Lars Skold Nielsen, Managing Director ADR Testing Service and Bluetooth Qualification Body at Motorola, commented, “MINT has increased our testing capabilities and created a better customised testing portfolio to meet our market needs. MINT system is a flexible and customer oriented platform to easily control the testing activities, which is one of key points when dozens of projects are driven to certification process."

About CETECOM Spain

Centro de Tecnología de las Comunicaciones, S.A. (CETECOM), in Spain, is a global supplier of Testing Solutions for wired and wireless technologies (GSM, GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth, Analogue, ISDN, DECT, WLAN, WiMAX). The services portfolio ranges from regulatory and interoperability testing services to test systems development, international type approval handling, training and consulting.