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News Updates
These are our most recent updates.
Verizon announced that they "named 8
Independent Testing Laboratories (ITL) under a new
certification program intended to expedite product-to-market
cycles for Verizon's telecommunications equipment vendors,
create more economical compliance testing processes, and
ensure accurate test reports.
Under the
Verizon ITL NEBS Testing Certification Program
(NEBS-TCP) Verizon will accept reports for review only from
laboratories that have qualified under Verizon's
certification standards. The eight laboratories that have
been certified thus far are listed below. Verizon will no
longer accept results from other testing laboratories when
such tests are performed after January 1, 2003. Reports for
testing performed prior to January 1, 2003, by any
laboratory, will continue to be accepted for review. Under
the NEBS-TCP program, Verizon selected laboratories based on
their interest in participating in the program, their
demonstrated competence in performing such testing, their
ongoing training programs, and their certification in
nationally recognized quality programs for laboratories.
Each lab will undergo an initial quality audit and
subsequent periodic audits to assure ongoing quality."
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Additional Walk-In Chamber to be
added soon!
SwRI has committed funds to add a new environmental chamber
to its arsenal of test equipment. The new chamber will be a
walk-in type that can accommodate up to six frames of
telecom equipment at one time. The chamber will be equipped
with an air dryer to assure compliance with NEBS and ETSI
low humidity conditions. An uninterruptible power supply is
available for maintaining power to client equipment during
imminent power glitches. An analog telephone line is
available nearby so that client's can access and monitor
their equipment remotely during testing. Chamber activity
can be controlled and monitored remotely by SwRI personnel.
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Additional Earthquake Simulation
Facility to be Added Soon!
SwRI has committed funds to add a new earthquake simulation
facility to its arsenal of test equipment. The new facility
will accommodate 10,000 pounds of static load and will have
two uni-axial tables to complement the existing biaxial shaker. Further design details will be available soon.
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New building addition and
uninterruptible power supply
SwRI has committed to increasing its lab space specifically for servicing the telecom testing initiative. The increased lab area will include an overhead crane, loading dock, staging areas, storage, and several client viewing rooms. Further
details will be announced here as they become available.
SwRI added an uninterruptible power supply to its
lineup of telecom test equipment. The power supply has a 200
Amp capability that can be upgraded in the future. It is
located near a walk-in environmental chamber, so that it can
power the client's telecom equipment without interruption
during the lengthy (about eight days) operational
temperature and humidity testing required by both NEBS and ETSI. The power supply will cut power to the client's
equipment, in the event of chamber cooling failure, to
prevent the client's equipment from extreme high temperature
conditions.
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For more information about NEBS telecommunications equipment evaluation capabilities
and news at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please
contact
Jenny Ferren
at
jferren@swri.org or (210) 522-2329.
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