RFI Global Services signs partnership agreement with CCww to broaden test capacity and capability

18 July 2004: Basingstoke, Hants UK and Bournemouth, Dorset UK

RFI Global Services has signed a partnership agreement with Communications Consultants Worldwide (CCww), suppliers of wireless protocol stack and services to leading handset makers and semiconductor houses. The
agreement will enable RFI Global to broaden its scope by providing local
testing at CCww's facilities in Bournemouth adding capability and
capacity to RFI Global's testing portfolio.

Richard Jacklin RFI Global's Operations Director commented "Our relationship with CCww extends our capacity with immediate effect. Longer term we are looking to bring in CCww's expertise to help our customers and to explore ways of co-operating within Asia. We are keen to become the de-facto standard for protocol stack testing where confidence in interoperability is paramount".

Anthony Cutler, VP Sales and Marketing for CCww added, "This agreement strengthens the solutions on offer to our customers, by providing a seamless flow from the design phase into compliance testing. This is particularly significant for the time-to-market pressures on our Asian customers".

MDs Stephan Kirk (RFI) and Richard Carter (CCww) look forward to a fruitful relationship

About RFI

RFI Global Services (RFI) supplies comprehensive regulatory and compliance services to the wireless and related technology industries around the world. Specific areas of expertise include compliance management, regulatory investigations and applications, development and conformance testing.

The scope of RFI’s UKAS accreditation covers both testing at its permanent laboratories and off-site locations. RFI is a Notified Body for the RTTE Directive, a Competent Body for the EMC Directive, a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB) under the US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreement, a Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility (BQTF) and has two Bluetooth Qualification Bodies (BQB).

For further information about RFI, please contact:

marketing@rfi-global.com
Tel. +44(0)1256 312000

www.rfi-global.com