Integration Manual

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4 Approvals
☞ For the complete list and specific details regarding the certification schemes approvals, see the TOBY-
L3 series Data Sheet [1], or contact the Tashang office or sales representative nearest you.
4.1 Product certification approval overview
Product certification approval is the process of certifying that a product has passed all tests and criteria
required by specifications, typically called “certification schemes” that can be divided into three distinct
categories:
 Regulatory certification
o Country specific approval required by local government in most regions and countries, such as:
 CE (Conformité Européenne) marking for the European Union
 FCC (Federal Communications Commission) approval for the United States
 Conformance certification
o Telecom industry specific approval verifying interoperability between devices and networks:
 GCF (Global Certification Forum), a partnership between mainly European manufacturers and
network operators to ensure and verify global devices and networks interoperability
 PTCRB (PCS Type Certification Review Board), created by United States network operators to
ensure and verify interoperability between devices and North America networks
Even using a module already approved under all major certification schemes, the application device
integrating the module must be approved under all the certification schemes required by the specific
application device to be deployed into the market. The required certification scheme approvals and relative
testing specifications differ depending on the country or the region where the device integrating the module
is intended to be deployed, on the relative vertical market of the device, on type, features and functionalities
of the whole application device, and on the network operators where the device is intended to operate.
☞ Check the appropriate applicability of the TOBY-L3 series module’s approvals while starting the
certification process of the device integrating the module: the re-use of the Tashang cellular module’s
approval can significantly reduce the cost and time-to-market of the application device certification.
☞ The certification of the application device that integrates a TOBY-L3 series module and the compliance
of the application device with all the applicable certification schemes, directives and standards are the
sole responsibility of the application device manufacturer.
TOBY-L3 series modules are certified according to all the supported capabilities, functions and options
stated in the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement document (PICS) of the module. The PICS,
according to 3GPP TS 51.010-2 [11], 3GPP TS 34.121-2 [12], 3GPP TS 36.521-2 [14] and 3GPP TS 36.523-2