Setcom

Infobox_Company
company_type = Privately owned
company_name = setcom
company_
slogan = enabling your wireless future
foundation = 1989
location_city = Munich
location_country = Germany
industry = Computer Software, Mobile Device Testing Services, Telecommunications Consulting
products = S-CAT series Multimedia Test Platforms, UMA/GAN, GSM, GPRS and EDGE/EGPRS protocol Test Cases
homepage = [http://www.setcom.eu/ www.setcom.eu]

setcom (software engineering and testing for communications) is a privately owned group of software companies with offices in Germany, Malta, the United Kingdom and North America. The Asia-Pacific region is covered by several reputable sales partners.

It has an active role in the field of wireless protocol and mobile multimedia testing. It is also one of the largest conformance and R&D test solution suppliers with a portfolio of over 1200 conformance Test Cases. setcom products are mainly used for terminal certification - a process used to ensure the quality and global interoperability of wireless terminals by strict verification against international standards in relation to their technical implementation and functionality.

The companies’ market is mainly the wireless handset industry; from software suppliers to major handset manufacturers and network operators. setcom is an active member in virtually all ‘wireless testing’ related industry regulatory boards like 3GPP/ETSI, GCF, PTCRB, CCF and OMA.

Technology and Products

Introduction to conformance testing

Conformance testing or type certification testing is used to determine whether a wireless terminal meets all specified standards that are relevant to its feature set.

Many test standards defining test procedures and setups have been specified and a device must pass all these tests in order to qualify for this certification. The standards are defined either by the standard’s maintainer organisations or by external organisations, with the specific aim of testing conformance and interoperability.

In the world of mobile device testing, organisations that play the greatest role in conformance testing are the Global Certification Forum (GCF), the PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB) and CDMA Certification Forum (CCF).

Conformance testing is often performed by accredited test houses (such as Cetecom, SGS, RFI and others) to guarantee compliance. These tested products are then sold and delivered with the test house’s certification acknowledging compliancy to the set standards.

setcom, being an active member in the above mentioned regulatory boards provides test-suites that conform to the testing criteria set by these bodies. setcom’s comprehensive application testers - the S-CAT series multimedia test platforms perform research and development as well as conformance testing of mobile terminal applications complying to the wireless industry conformance test specifications.

Examples of technologies on which development or certification testing is carried out by the S-CAT series multimedia test platforms are MMS, VT, PoC, DM, Java, IMPS, DRM, Streaming, eMail, Browsing and IMS.

setcom products

* S-CORE 3GPP protocol test platform, supporting LTE for R&D and Device certification
* S-CAT wireless multimedia and protocol test platforms
* GSM, GPRS and EGDE/EGPRS protocol Test Cases
* Hardware independent, application programming interfaces (S-API) and operating software for wireless protocol test platforms

Products Track Record

2008 :– S-CORE test system for LTE chipset and device development 2008 :– S-CAT 6010 for testing the entire device signaling stack 2007 :– S-CAT 6000 hardware, Everything you need in one compact test platform 2006 :– S-CAT 5030 UMA/GAN Conformance/R&D test platform 2005 :– GSM conformance test cases 2004 :– S-CAT 5020 Application Enabler conformance test platform 2002 :– EGPRS conformance test cases 2000 :– GPRS conformance test cases

External links

setcom wireless products - [http://www.setcom.eu/ www.setcom.eu]