Europe UK : RFI Global Services announced that it has installed a specially commissioned Radiated Spurious Emissions chamber at its test facility in South Korea, which was opened in June last year. With an investment of £500k the fully automated Radiated Spurious Emissions (RSE) measurement chamber will provide accredited RSE measurements on cellular devices defined within TS51.010-and EN301908-1.

The RSE facility involved the collaboration of a number of suppliers and took 3 months to complete. It includes a Rainford Fully lined Anechoic Chamber with Orbit DUT positioning system and a Rohde and Schwarz TS9976 measurement system.

The chamber is fully accredited by UKAS for 2G and 3G handset testing and is unique in that it is the only facility to include a 3D positioner system. To date RFI’s investment in its Korean facility exceeds £4m. The growth in cellular terminal manufacturing and development in East Asia is such that 60% of RFI’s cellular testing demand now comes from Korea, Taiwan, Japan and China.

As part of the test and compliance process, Manufacturers must test for and certify that the output spectrum of their products meets the relevant criteria as to radiated levels for all spurious emissions. RFI is currently the only company able to provide full 2G and 3G approvals worldwide.
Notes to editors

RFI Global Services (RFI) supplies comprehensive environmental, regulatory and compliance services to the Wireless, Cellular, Smartcard, Electronics and related technology industries around the world. Specific areas of expertise include compliance management, regulatory investigations and applications, development and conformance testing – as well as site surveys.

The scope of RFI’s UKAS accreditation covers testing at both its permanent laboratories and off-site locations. RFI is a Notified Body for the R&TTE Directive, a Competent Body for the EMC Directive, a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB) under the US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreement, is accredited as a Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility (BQTF) and has two Bluetooth Qualification Bodies (BQB).