Rohde & Schwarz has announced that its RF Conformance Test System, the R&S TS8950G, has validated EGPRS/EDGE RF test cases for mobile phones of multislot Class 10. This makes the system the only platform covering all radio and telecommunications terminal equipment GSM test cases, according to the manufacturer.

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With the validation of the system by the Global Certification Forum (GCF) and the PCS Validation Group (PVG), mobile phone manufacturers can now certify EDGE mobile phones worldwide, said Rohde & Schwarz.

The R&S TS8950G is a proven RF conformance test system that produces consistent measurements over the development cycle of a mobile phone. The test system supports all GSM850/900/1800/1900 frequency bands in the circuit-switched, GPRS, AMR and EGPRS connection modes. It can also be upgraded to a WCDMA test system: The R&S TS8950W then performs additionally all transmitter, receiver, and performance tests automatically in accordance with the 3GPP TS34.121 test specification. Rohde & Schwarz has recently expanded this version of the test system by the FDD V (frequency division duplex) and FDD VI frequency bands, which allows mobile phone manufacturers to certify mobile terminals for four GSM and four UMTS frequency bands.