Powering certification-ready devices for a connected world
Overview
As wireless technologies advanced from legacy networks to 5G, device manufacturers faced a growing need for a strategic engineering partner to help accelerate their test platform development, strengthen certification capabilities and bring compliant devices to market faster. Our client, a leading provider of wireless test and measurement solutions, serves a global ecosystem of chipset vendors, device manufacturers, network operators and regulatory bodies. We partnered with them to help scale engineering operations, streamline certification workflows and enhance testing efficiency across the device validation lifecycle, enabling faster adoption of next-generation wireless technology.
The Challenge
Managing certification complexity in a rapidly evolving wireless ecosystem
The rapid pace of innovation in wireless technologies and increasing stringent certification requirements created significant challenges across the device validation lifecycle. To maintain leadership in the wireless testing ecosystem, the client needed to:
- Accelerate the development and validation of standards-compliant test suites across multiple wireless technologies
- Support diverse operator certification programs and global interoperability requirements
- Improve testing efficiency while maintaining quality at scale
- Meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements without impacting release schedules
- Expand engineering capabilities to support increasing customer demand and faster technology adoption
The Objective
Build a scalable engineering ecosystem for device certification
The client sought a strategic partner with proven expertise in wireless certification, protocol testing and automation to strengthen and scale its engineering capabilities.
The client reached out to us since we have extensive Global certification forum (GCF) and PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB) testing experience, deep 3GPP protocol expertise across technologies ranging from 2G to 5G, established lab environments and proven track record of developing certification solutions for test platform vendors.
Key objectives included:
- Extend the client's capabilities with domain expertise in conformance testing and certification
- Accelerate the delivery of certificate solutions across multiple technology generations
- Enable operator certification solutions and end-to-end interoperability validation
- Increase testing efficiency through automation and process optimization
- Support global compliance requirements and certification readiness Establish a scalable delivery model capable of supporting evolving technology and customer demand
The Solution
Delivering an integrated framework for device certification
We established a comprehensive engineering engagement spanning the entire device certification lifecycle through four integrated service pillars:
- Conformance testing to develop, validate and maintain standards-compliant test suites across wireless technologies
- Operator certification services to support interoperability, performance and carrier-specific validation programs
- Automation frameworks to accelerate testing cycles, improve quality and streamline reporting
- Application validation and certification services to ensure performance, security, deployment readiness
In addition, the engagement supported global certification initiatives, including GCF and PTCRB programs, while enabling regulatory compliance aligned with industry standards such as FCC and CE.
The Impact
Accelerating certification and strengthening device readiness
The engagement has evolved into a long-term strategic partnership, delivering measurable business outcomes:
- Accelerated time-to-market: Enabled faster development and release of certification solutions, helping clients achieve device readiness and launch products faster
- Broader technology coverage: Provided deep expertise across 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and adjacent domains, including AGPS, STK and USIM/USAT, through a single engineering partner
- Improved test quality and efficiency: Reduced manual effort and shortened validation cycles through automation-led testing, advanced debugging and streamlined reporting processes
- Enhanced certification readiness: Enabled successful global device launches through robust certification, interoperability validation and regulatory compliance support
- Scalable and flexible engagement model: Established a flexible on-site and offshore operating model capable of rapidly scaling to support new technologies, spectrum bands and operator requirements
- Trusted strategic partnership: Delivered consistent domain expertise, strong governance and continuous investment in lab infrastructure and engineering capabilities
Looking Ahead
Advancing device readiness for the 5G-advanced and beyond era
We continue to expand our partnership across emerging technologies, including non-terrestrial networks (NTN), private networks, advanced RF/mmWave validation and AI-assisted test automation. Together, we are helping accelerate device certification, improve market readiness and enable the next generation of connected experience.
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