| Milestones of PCTEST Engineering Laboratory | |
|---|---|
| December 2011 | PCTEST Lab Obtains PTCRB Accreditation |
| July 2011 | PCTEST Lab becomes a Verizon Wireless approved LTE test facility certified to conduct 4G Conformance and Performance testing. |
| June 2011 | PCTEST Lab became a GCF test house for 3GPP E-UTRA (LTE) |
| April 2011 | PCTEST was approved by CTIA as an Authorized Testing Laboratory (CATL) for Lithium Battery Compliance to IEEE 1625. |
| March 2011 | PCTEST became the world’s first laboratory to conduct Over-The-Air Testing of GPS in LTE 4G devices. |
| October 2010 | PCTEST LTE Lab setup a new LTE 3GPP 4G conformance and performance test facility. |
| July 2010 | PCTEST TCB certified the first 4G LTE device for the U.S. market. |
| May 2010 | PCTEST acquires a second OTA Semi-Anechoic Chamber |
| May 2010 | PCTEST expands services to include Long Term Evolution (LTE) Carrier Conformance Testing |
| January 2010 | PCTEST is a Sprint approved laboratory certified to perform aGPS testing |
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| December 2009 | PCTEST is a Verizon Wireless approved laboratory certified to perform aGPS testing |
| July 2009 | PCTEST receives Maryland Industrial Partnerships Award with the University of Maryland to conduct research to improve the safety and reliability of Lithium Batteries. |
| June 2009 | PCTEST sponsored and participated in a SAR working group meeting held in Davos, Switzerland. |
| April 2009 | PCTEST celebrates 20 years of testing services to industry and a 100% passing record in FCC sample requests for 20 years. |
| November 2008 | PCTEST was selected by Verizon Wireless as an Open Development Program testing laboratory. |
| July 2008 | PCTEST Japan Co. Ltd. was established in Kashima, Japan. |
| June 2008 | PCTEST was approved by CTIA as an Authorized Testing Laboratory (CATL) in testing of Lithium batteries for compliance with IEEE 1725 for CTIA certification. |
| January 2008 | PCTEST expands to ANNEX Building to open a new CTIA Battery Safety Lab for the research and reliability of lithium batteries used in phones, computers, power tools, and hybrid vehicles. |
| November 2007 | PCTEST Korea Co. Ltd. was established in Seoul, Korea. |
| September 2007 | PCTEST is selected by the CTIA as a Battery Compliance Review Organization (BCRO) to evaluate Lithium batteries (cell, pack, host, and adapter) according to the IEEE 1725 standard. |
| June 2007 | PCTEST Expanded testing capability to include Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) of UNII devices (FCC Part 15E). |
| April 2007 | PCTEST becomes the first CTIA ISO-17025 Accredited Testing Laboratory in Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC). |
| January 2007 | PCTEST acquires a new EMC Semi-Anechoic Chamber. |
| September 2006 | PCTEST expands Mobile Testing coverage with the addition of Aeroflex's 3GPP2 C.S0073, C.S0060, and C.S0061 test cases. |
| August 2006 | PCTEST acquires an Acoustic Chamber exclusively for HAC RF Emissions and T-coil testing. |
| July 2006 | First US CATL Laboratory to expand OTA Scope to include CDMA, AMPS, GSM, GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS (W-CDMA), CDMA 1xEvDO Data, CDMA 1xRTT Data. |
| July 2006 | PCTEST becomes a Verizon Wireless Safe-for-Network (SFN) approved Test Laboratory. |
| June 2006 | PCTEST becomes a CCF Authorized Testing Facility (ATF) authorized to perform CCF Certification Testing. |
| February 2006 | PCTEST expands Mobile Testing coverage with the addition of Aeroflex's 3GPP2 C.S0043 test cases to support Sprint STIC and expansion of CCF and CTIA Testing requirements. |
| December 2005 | Added TTY test support for mobiles in compliance with ANSI-136, IS-95 Inter-vendor TTY Test Plan. |
| May 2005 | Expanded A2LA Accreditation Scope to include Over-the-Air (OTA) Antenna Testing capabilities for CDMA, GSM, and AMPS testing scopes. |
| May 2005 | PCTEST becomes first A2LA accredited HAC Laboratory. PCTEST TCB certifies first FCC HAC grant of authorization. |
| January 2005 | PCTEST expands Aeroflex AIME Testing Solutions to include EvDO Signaling Conformance and Mobile IP (for both CDMA2000 & EvDO) test cases. |
| October 2004 | Accepted by Industry Canada (IC) as a Foreign Certification Body (FCB) to issue IC Certification in all RSS Scopes. |
| October 2004 | PCTEST becomes one of the first laboratories to offer CDMA 1xEvDO Signaling Conformance and Location Based Services (LBS) testing. |
| September 2004 | PCTEST expands cdma2000 services by adding Spirent PLTS and Mobile IP capabilities. Expansion also includes Spirent EvDO Min. Performance testing solutions. |
| April 2004 | First CATL Laboratory to acquire Aeroflex AIME Testing Solutions for CDMA Signaling Conformance Certification Testing. |
| December 2003 | PCTEST launches Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Testing research and development at the ANSI C63.19 Workshop. |
| April 2002 | One of the first Dual-Accredited ISO-17025 Labs by NVLAP/NIST and A2LA. |
| February 2002 | One of the first CTIA Authorized Testing Labs (CATL) in AMPS and CDMA technologies. |
| June 2000 | One of the first FCC Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB). |
| September 1999 | First laboratory capable of conducting SAR Testing using IDX North American and SPEAG European SAR Systems. |
| April 1999 | 100% passing record in FCC sample requests for 10 years. |
| February 1996 | FCC grants first device tested for SAR at PCTEST Laboratory. |
| January 1996 | One of the first FCC Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) accepted laboratories. |
| March 1992 | Accredited by NVLAP (U.S.) for EMC Testing and FCC Telecommunication Services. |
| April 1989 | PCTEST Engineering Laboratory is established. |
