PUBLIC NOTICE![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
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**Federal Communications Commission**

**445 12th St., S.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

> **DA 00-1223**
>
> **Released: June 2, 2000**
>
> **Office of Engineering and Technology and Common Carrier Bureau
> Announce the Designation of Telecommunication Certification Bodies
> (TCBs) to Approve Radiofrequency and Telephone Terminal Equipment**

In December 1998, the Commission adopted new rules to streamline its
equipment authorization requirements by allowing Telecommunication
Certification Bodies (TCBs) to certify equipment under Parts 2 and 68 of
the Commission\'s Rules. The Office of Engineering and Technology and
the Common Carrier Bureau are pleased to announce the designation of 13
TCBs in the United States. The TCBs have been accredited by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) to approve certain types of
radiofrequency devices requiring certification under Part 2 of the
rules, and/or telephone terminal equipment requiring certification
(previously called registration) under Part 68 of the rules. The TCBs
may begin operation of certifying products within the scope of their
accreditation and designation as of June 5, 2000.

The following is a list of the 13 TCBs and the types of equipment they
have been accredited and designated to approve. An explanation of the
scope codes is given below.

> **TCB Name and Address Types of Equipment**

**American TCB, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

6731 Whittier Avenue A1, A2, A3, A4

Suite C110 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

McLean, VA 22101 B1, B2, B3, B4

Tel: 703-689-0368

Fax: 703-689-2056

Contact: Mr. Desmond Fraser - <desmond@rheintech.com>

**BABT Product Service, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

4855 Patrick Henry Dr, Bldg. 6 A1, A2, A3, A4

Santa Clara, CA 95054 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 978-663-1500 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 978-663-1501 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Mr. Bill Toth -- <btoth@tuvam.com>

**CKC Certification Services** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

5473A Clouds Rest A1, A2, A3, A4

Mariposa, CA 95338 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 209-966-5240 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 209-742-6133 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Dennis Ward -- <dennisw@ckc.org>

**Compliance Certification Services** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

1366 Bordeaux Drive, A1, A2, A3, A4

Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1005 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 408-752-8166 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 408-752-8168

Contact: Mr. Steve Hsu -- [www.ccsemc.com](http://www.ccsemc.com/)

**Communication Certification Laboratory** Unlicensed Radio Frequency
Devices

1940 W. Alexander St. A1, A2, A3, A4

Salt Lake City, UT 84119-2039 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 801-972-6146 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 801-972-8432 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Mr. William S. Hurst -- <wsh@cclab.com>

**Curtis-Straus LLC** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

527 Great Road A1, A2, A3, A4

Littleton, MA 01460 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 978-486-8880 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 978-486-3529 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Jon Curtis -- <jdc@curtis-straus.com>

**Elite Electronic Engineering, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency
Devices

1516 Centre Circle A1, A2

Downers Grove, IL 60515 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 603-495-9770 B1, B2

Fax: 603-495-9785 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Mr. Steve Laya - [www.elitetest.com](http://www.elitetest.com/)

**Intertek Testing Services** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

33933 US Route 11 A1, A2, A3, A4

Cortland, NY 13045 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 607-753-6711 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 607-756-6699 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Paul Moliski -- <pmoliski@itsqs.com>

**MET Laboratories, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

914 W. Patapsco Ave. A1, A2

Baltimore, MD 21230-3432 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 410-354-3300 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 410-354-3313 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Mr. Leonard Frier - [www.metlabs.com](http://www.metlabs.com/)

**PCTEST Engineering Laboratory, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency
Devices

6660-B Dobbin Road A1, A2, A3, A4

Columbia, MD 21045 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Tel: 410-290-6652 B1, B2, B3, B4

Fax: 410-290-6654 Telephone Terminal Equipment

Contact: Mr. Randy Ortanez -- <randy@pctestlab.com>

**Timco Engineering, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

849 NW State Road 45 A1, A2, A3, A4

P.O. Box 370 Licensed Radio Service Equipment

Newberry, FL 32669 B1, B2, B3, B4

Tel: 352-472-5500

Fax: 352-472-2030

Contact: Sid Sanders -- <sid@timcoengr.com>

**TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.** Telephone Terminal Equipment

Product Safety Division

12 Commerce Road

Newtown, CT 06470

Tel: 203-426-0888

Fax: 203-270-8883

Contact: Mr. Timothy Dwyer - [www.tuv.com](http://www.tuv.com/)

**Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.** (Headquarters and contact point)

333 Pfingsten Road

Northbrooke, IL 60062

Telephone: 847-272-8800

Fax: 847-509-6214

Contact: Rick Titus -- titusr@ul.com

**Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

1285 Walt Whitman Road A1, A2, A3, A4

Melville, NY Licensed Radio Service Equipment

B1, B2, B3, B4

> Telephone Terminal Equipment

**Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.** Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices

1655 Scott Blvd. A1, A2, A3, A4

Santa Clara, CA Telephone Terminal Equipment

> The TCB program gives manufacturers of products subject to
> certification the choice to choose a designated TCB or the FCC to have
> its equipment approved for marketing in the United States. Currently,
> about 6000 applications for certification are filed annually with the
> FCC.
>
> The requirements for TCBs were specified in the Commission's Report
> and Order (R&O) in GEN Docket 98-68 (FCC 98-338), adopted on December
> 17, 1998,
> \<[www.fcc.gov/oet/dockets/gen98-68/](http://www.fcc.gov/oet/dockets/gen98-68/)\>.
> TCBs are required to be accredited by the National Institute of
> Standards and Technology (NIST), or NIST may allow, in accordance with
> its procedures, other appropriate qualified accrediting bodies to
> accredit TCBs. NIST has elected to recognize accreditations of TCBs
> performed by ANSI.
>
> Additional information about the new TCB program was provided in a
> Public Notice dated August 17, 1999, DA99-1640,
> \<[www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/
> Public_Notices/1999/da99-1640.html](http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/ Public_Notices/1999/da99-1640.html)\>.
> NIST is also releasing a Public Notice announcing the recognition of
> ANSI as an accreditor of TCBs and the recommendation of 13 TCBs to the
> FCC.
>
> Designation and accreditation is available for several different
> scopes of equipment subject to certification. TCBs are able to choose
> accreditation for any or all of the nine available scopes, depending
> on their needs. Each of the thirteen TCBs identified above have been
> accredited to one or more of the following scopes:
>
> **A. Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices**
>
> > **A1** Low power transmitters operating on frequencies below 1 GHz
> > (with the exception of spread spectrum devices), emergency alert
> > systems, unintentional radiators (e.g., personal computers and
> > associated peripherals and TV Interface Devices) and consumer ISM
> > devices subject to certification (e.g., microwave ovens, RF lighting
> > and other consumer ISM devices)
>
> > **A2** Low power transmitters operating on frequencies above 1 GHz,
> > with the exception of spread spectrum devices
>
> **A3** Unlicensed Personal Communication System (PCS) devices
>
> **A4** Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (UNII) devices
> and low power transmitters using spread spectrum techniques
>
> **B. Licensed Radio Service Equipment**

**B1** Personal Mobile Radio Services in 47 CFR Parts 22 (cellular), 24,
25, 26, and 27

**B2** General Mobile Radio Services in the following 47 CFR Parts 22
(non-cellular), 74, 90, 95 and 97

**B3** Maritime and Aviation Radio Services in 47 CFR Parts 80 and 87

**B4** Microwave Radio Services in 47 CFR Parts 21, 74 and 101

**C. Telephone Terminal Equipment** (47 CFR Part 68)

Designation letters will be sent to each of the thirteen TCBs today. The
Office of Engineering and Technology will send a designation letter to
each TCB that will be certifying equipment subject to scopes A and B.
Each letter will give guidance on the certification of such equipment.
In accordance with our policy stated in the August 17, 1999, Public
Notice, we are restricting TCBs from approving equipment in scopes A and
B for which there is no documented test procedure. At present, only
certain transmitters fall within this category. A table delineating
which transmitters a TCB can approve will accompany the letter to each
TCB. Steps are being taken to eliminate this restriction.

> For approval of equipment subject to scope C, TCBs are asked to
> contact Mr. Bill Howden of the Common Carrier Bureau. In letters from
> the Network Services Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, TCBs
> designated to approve Telephone Terminal Equipment will receive
> initial blocks of registration serial numbers for their use,
> instructions for obtaining applicant codes, and advice on obtaining
> information from the Network Services Division.

For further information about this notice, please contact Hugh L. Van
Tuyl of the Office of Engineering and Technology at: (202) 418-7506,
email: <hvantuyl@fcc.gov>, or Bill Howden of the Common Carrier Bureau
at (202) 418-2343, email: <whowden@fcc.gov>, TTY: (202) 418-0484.