In addition, NEWS IQ Labs is authorized to perform CCF & CTIA Certification Testing for 1xEVDO Rev "A", 1xEVDO, cdma2000 and cdmaOne (dual and tri-mode handsets) as a CTIA Authorized Testing Laboratory (CATL) & CCF Test Lab.

NEWS IQ Labs has also been approved by many carriers: Including Verizon.

NEWS IQ Labs was the first CCF certified test Lab.

As a result of these credentials, coupled with capable engineering staff experience, NEWS IQ can offer services, from 1xEV-DO Rev "A" & "B" and gpsOne Position Location Test System (PLTS) to cdma2000 "Stage 2" protocol testing (Spirent AirAccess C2K - TIA/EIA-898) to enhanced data services testing and CDG 28 and 64 Stage 3 infrastructure interoperability field testing.

CDMA: CDG-183 OMH testing.

NEWS IQ also benefits from the use of Lindgren EMI/RFI enclosures for RF compliance / -100+dB

Background

NEWS IQ's wireless test, certification and product commercialization experience, including international carrier experience, wireless product and application commercialization experience and CDMA system validation (end to end) and commercialization experience.

NEWS IQ Labs staff was directly responsible as corporate systems analysts and core team members of the commercial launch of the Bellsouth and Pactel analog cellular systems in 1992-3, initial TDMA launch with McCaw Cellular One in southern Florida in 1993; introduction of CDPD in 1994-5; commercial launch of CDMA system in Korea and the USA with Airtouch Powerband in Van Nuys, CA in 1995-6; CDMA system with GTE in Austin, TX in 1996; and GTE national Telego.

NEWS IQ Labs continues to support the efforts of wireless module commercial adoption and experience with industry standards and technologies, and integrating modules into many different market segments: Automated machine-to-machine (M2M), EMS, Fire and other Emergency Services, Public Transit & Transportation, Vehicle Tracking - AVT, Field Service & Mobile Dispatch, Utility Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and Telemetry. .