Aeroflex and Centro de Tecnología de las Comunicaciones (Cetecom Spain) have entered into a long-term, global distribution partnership under which Aeroflex will become the sole worldwide sales and support channel for Cetecom’s mobile communications integrated tester (MINT), RF conformance test platform for 2G/2.5G/3G mobile handsets. This distribution partnership with Cetecom places Aeroflex in the forefront of the global market for mobile terminal RF conformance testing. It complements Aeroflex’s existing position in protocol conformance testing.

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Pete Nicholson, business unit manager for Aeroflex test solutions, wireless division said, “From Aeroflex’s point of view, it gives us an instant presence in the RF conformance market with a quality solution. For Cetecom, access to Aeroflex’s established worldwide sales and support channel presents a real opportunity to maximize the global sales potential of its MINT RF conformance test platform.”

The MINT RF conformance tester is a highly scaleable, modular and automatic platform suited to both mobile handset and chipset manufacturers to ensure their products comply with the applicable GCF certification criteria test cases and also to network operators for quality assurance purposes. As per Aeroflex, it is currently the only complete, dual-mode test system that supports RRM, GSM850/900/1800/1900, GPRS, E-GPRS, AMR and W-CDMA mobile terminal development and certification testing according to 3GPP TS 51.010-1 and 3GPP TS 34.121.