Elliott Laboratories confirmed as Notified Body

 

In an important expansion to its wireless testing and certification capabilities, Elliott Laboratories, an NTS company has recently been confirmed as a Notified Body by the European Commission as a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) under the Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE Directive) of the telecom annex under the US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreement.

 

The Notified Body status for the European Union's R&TTE Directive grants Elliott Laboratories the ability to issue formal compliance and regulatory opinions for the CE marking of radio devices. The European Community (EC) has established a mutual recognition scheme for regulated products. Under this scheme, each EC country shall provide to the EC a list of laboratories and other bodies, referred to as '"notified bodies", which can declare that a regulated product conforms to the "essential requirements" detailed in the applicable directive.

"The recent achievement of our CAB confirmation is an important element of our strategy for the expansion of our wireless services portfolio," said Eddie Pavlu, General Manager of NTS Silicon Valley. "Our goal is to develop a 'one-stop-shopping' experience for a wide range of wireless device manufacturers, which will eliminate the added costs and complexities of working with multiple service providers to achieve certifications needed to market products all over the world."

 

Elliott's services as an R&TTE Notified Body include conformity assessments of radio communications devices such as WiFi, WLAN, Bluetooth, RFID and short range devices in accordance with Annex III - Identification of essential radio tests for the R&TTE Directive and Annex IV - Providing advice on how to structure and present a Technical Construction File (TCF) and providing Statements of Opinion on compliance of products with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive for radio, EMC and safety based on a TCF.

 

The services of a Notified Body are required for radio communications devices that have not been evaluated to harmonized standards, in which case the Notified Body should be consulted to determine the essential test suite and then, once testing has been performed, to issue an opinion on the resulting Technical File. However, many manufacturers request a Notified Body opinion for products evaluated against harmonized standards to provide an independent opinion regarding the compliance of their products.

 

More information about Elliott Laboratories' Notified Body program is available at www.elliottlabs.com/notified_body.htm

 

For a price quote or for more information about our Notified Body and other wireless services please contact us at info@elliottlabs.com or call toll free at 408-245-7800.