New TÜV SÜD white paper: It's a LTE world

With LTE leading the 4G charge into a new era of mobility, businesses and consumers are exploring new ways for improving convenience, socialising, and doing business. Some frontrunners are even changing the way we live, play and work with innovations that transform everyday items into informational devices. The strong interest in 4G has accelerated its migration and increased its shaping in our everyday lives. But these LTE benefits do come with costs.

This white paper examines the new challenges that LTE brings to mobile manufacturers, mobile companies and consumers. It also takes a closer look at its impact on testing and certification, and discusses what manufacturers need to do to get past these hurdles and ensure stricter deadlines are never missed. The article concludes with a look at the increasingly important role that partners play in ensuring that testing and certification efforts do not get derailed. You will also learn how partnering companies like TÜV SÜD can hone your competitiveness and offer intangible advantages by giving you access to deep expertise and strong global experience.

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TÜV SÜD to host complimentary webinar about the SC21 programme on 26th Feb

The next complimentary webinar from TÜV SÜD Product Service will be held on Wednesday 26th February 2014 at 2pm GMT and is titled '21st Century Supply Chains: Improve your supply chain with SC21'.

This webinar presented by Mike Harrison, an SC21 Representative from the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC), will show you how to get the best value from purchasing and supply chain improvement in the aerospace and defence industries. You will learn methods to increase your competitive edge and market share by developing collaborative relationships with your suppliers and customers.

The presentation will also include a case study on TÜV SÜD Product Service (SC21 Silver Award winners), covering implementation steps which have led to gaining the award and the benefits that it has brought to the business.

Registration for this webinar is free and can be carried out by clicking here.

Forested areas are an under utilised wind resource, says TÜV SÜD

As forest landowners, municipalities and investors increasingly recognise the potential of high wind power resources in forested areas, the ability to understand and unlock these topographically complex land areas holds the key to future growth. At EWEA 2014 in Barcelona, TÜV SÜD will showcase the result of an important research project together with its full scope of wind energy products and services (Booth 7B100).

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TÜV SÜD announces launch of certifications for smart PV modules

As advancements are made in the photovoltaic technology, TÜV SÜD announces the launch of certifications for smart PV modules. Leveraging on its authoritative technical background, TÜV SÜD formulated its two new certifications using existing IEC 61215/IEC 61646 and IEC 61730 certifications for traditional PV modules as a basis. TÜV SÜD is committed to providing partner manufacturers of smart PV modules with globally recognized quality and efficient certification services and technical support.

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TÜV SÜD PMSS invited to play key role in reducing uncertainty for ornithological impact assessment in wind farm development

TÜV SÜD PMSS’s Kit Hawkins has been invited by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) to be a member of the Steering Group for a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded study, which is seeking to reduce uncertainty and incorporate variability into collision risk modelling.

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