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Bureau Veritas ADT WiMAX Testing and Certification Services in Taiwan Update

May 1, 2007 – Taipei, Taiwan - Bureau Veritas ADT, the first lab in Taiwan to offer WiMAX regulatory testing, has been assisting many clients to acquire certificates from countries worldwide since 2005. Bureau Veritas ADT is also the only M-Taiwan WiMAX testing laboratory equipped with test equipment covering RCT (Radio Conformance Testing), PCT (Protocol Conformance Testing) and IOT (Interoperability Testing) validated by the WiMAX Forum that can certify Fixed (IEEE 802.16d) M-Taiwan WiMAX products and offer RCT and PCT testing service for Mobile (IEEE 802.16e) M-Taiwan WiMAX products.

Bureau Veritas ADT provides WiMAX Forum pre-certification testing (RCT, PCT and IOT) for Fixed WiMAX devices and (RCT and PCT) for Mobile WiMAX devices. Bureau Veritas ADT uses the brand new 16d and 16e WiMAX equipment, their testing capabilities being identical to the lead certification lab of the WiMAX Forum.

“Bureau Veritas ADT represents a company that has pushed ahead and launched the first WiMAX testing and certification service in Taiwan and we have confidence to assist in the success and development of the WiMAX industry”, said Mark Wang, the president of ADT. The director of ADT, Tim Hong, follwed with, We applaud Bureau Veritas ADT for achieving this important milestone and we look forward to our continued involvement in the WiMAX Forum and collaboration with the operators, manufactures and other members to make WiMAX a reality. We’re striving to be a WiMAX Designated Certification Laboratory and aim to deliver a real one-stop service from a single location covering Regulatory, Conformance and Interoperability tests as well as delivering certification on a domestic level, but also worldwide”.

The focus of Bureau Veritas ADT's service is helping clients meet or surpass their time to market goals for their products. Their professional technical support and coprehensive facilities covering RF, EMC, Safety, Telecom (Mobile included), DFS, SAR, DTV, Wi-Fi and WiMAX ehlps ensure this is acheived. Another key feature of Bureau Veritas ADT's service is their worldwide approvals service, offering their clients access to 158 countries across five continents. Thier Certification Center has also been authorized by NCC (National Communication Commission) to issue type approval certificate for Low-power radio frequency devices and Telecommunication Terminal Equipments (TTE). Bureau Veritas ADT has been accepted within IECEE-CB Scheme as a CBTL (CB Testing Laboratory) for both EMC and Safety. Thier expansion of service scope benefits the manufactures’ products time to market.

As a leading lab in Taiwan, Bureau Veritas ADT is committed to promote and help drive the adoption of WiMAX in the mass market. Furthermore, Bureau Veritas ADT’s provides training and support, promoting WiMAX. Several seminars and training courses have already been held in Manufacturers, Governments and Universities, benefittig the industry to accelerate the WiMAX development.

For additional information on Bureau Veritas ADT, please visit www.adt.com.tw

About Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services

Bureau Veritas ADT is part of Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services, focussing specifically on the Electrical and Electronics market with particular expertise in Product Safety, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Radio Frequency (WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth and GSM) and Environmental Simulation testing, certification, inspection and compliance assistance services. Facilitating fast market access with reduced costs for their clients, Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services operates a partnership approach allowing electrical and electronics importers, retailers and manufacturers to benefit from services throughout the product lifecycle, from design through manufacture to disposal. Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services encompasses some of the leading test and certification companies worldwide, including, ADT, Curtis-Straus and LCIE with a laboratory presence in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United Kingdom and USA.

Bureau Veritas has been active in testing and inspections since 1828; forward-looking and fast-growing, they have realized a 16% growth per annum since 1995. Bureau Veritas is a leading international conformity assessment body with 280,000 clients, 23,000 employees, 700 offices and laboratories in 140 countries.

About M-Taiwan

The M-Taiwan Program is essentially an ecosystem at work for building demand, supply, and infrastructure in the industry. The government has established an environment to support various facets of the project, such as setting up a regulatory and policy frame work, standardizing applied technologies, providing the required funding assistance, and opening up suitable frequency spectrums. This environment set up by the Government is visualized to eventually support about Eight-million broadband wireless users by the year 2008.

* Source: WiMAX Forum, M-Taiwan Program A WiMAX Ecosystem, March 2007.

About WiMAX Forum

The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, nonprofit corporation formed to help promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN specifications. The WiMAX Forum's goal is to accelerate the introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum CertifiedTM products will be fully interoperable and support Broadband Fixed, Portable and Mobile Applications. For more information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit www.WiMAXForum.org

“WiMAX Forum” is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum. “WiMAX,” the WiMAX Forum logo, “WiMAX Forum Certified,” and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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