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 After
a thorough selection process involving: a Request for Information to a
number of potential test laboratories, a Request for Proposals to a
shortlist of candidates, and a negotiation phase involving two
laboratories, the SatLabs Group has selected CETECOM as the Qualification Laboratory responsible for the execution of the SatLabs Qualification and Certification Programme. This contract was recently prolonged for another year after a further RFP process was performed.
CETECOM have significant experience with
DVB-RCS and,
due to their
involvement with SatLabs, also have a perfect knowledge of the SatLabs
Qualification Programme and associated test equipment. As a
consequence, they are providing the SatLabs Qualification Testing at a
very high quality. The testing agreement which has been signed by
SatLabs and CETECOM, furthermore defines service levels which are
regularly monitored.
CETECOM is operating and maintaining the SatLabs Test Bed which has
been developed and validated especially for the purpose of SatLabs
Qualification Testing. The Test Bed will experience a dramatic
evolvement in 2007 while it will be upgraded for testing the new
SatLabs features (QoS, HM&C, DVB-S2 and I-PEP).
The
forerunner in the selection process, Nemko Comlab, will act as a backup
to CETECOM. In preparation, Comlab will train personnel in the SatLabs
Qualification Programme using the SatLabs Test Bed.
The
agreement with CETECOM and Comlab will be valid for another year. After
this, the DVB-RCS testing market situation will be reviewed and either
a second test laboratory will be appointed or a new selection process
will be carried out between the two laboratories.
Both
CETECOM and Nemko Comlab are global test houses with test centres
spread worldwide. This offers the additional advantage that the
qualification testing could easily be carried out in different
geographical areas in order to reduce test time and cost.
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