UL Accredited as a Bluetooth® 4.0 Testing Laboratory

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UL Accredited as a Bluetooth® 4.0 Testing

Laboratory

PR Newswire

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom, June 1, 2012

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom

,

June 1, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the United

Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has accredited UL (Underwriters

Laboratories), a world leader in advancing safety science, as a

Bluetooth

4.0

testing laboratory to test and certify products equipped with the latest

Bluetooth

wireless technology standard.

As the sole national accreditation body recognized by the

United Kingdom

to

assess, against internationally agreed standards, organizations that provide

certification, testing, inspection and calibration services, UKAS's accreditation

allows UL to provide manufacturers of

Bluetooth

products complete

Bluetooth

testing needs to help gain access to their target markets. With

Bluetooth

testing

and certification facilities in both the UK and

Japan

, this expansion of UL's

capabilities allows for coverage across all

Bluetooth

standards, including

requirements for

Bluetooth

Profile, RF, Protocol and Interoperability testing. It

also permits UL to help customers obtain required

Bluetooth®

smart and smart

ready logos for the relevant standards of

Bluetooth

wireless technology being

integrated into their devices.

"I'm delighted that we've achieved this accreditation, which allows us to cover

all aspects of

Bluetooth

testing and qualification and provide our customers

with a one-stop solution to all their

Bluetooth

market access needs. As a global

services company we are devoted to helping customers get safer products to

market faster and we look forward to continuing to leverage our existing

regulatory capabilities and testing/certification expertise in ways that facilitate

trade and innovation for manufacturers."

Stephen Kirk, Vice President and

General Manager, UL Verification Services.

The latest in the line of

Bluetooth

wireless technology standards,

Bluetooth

4.0

offers lower power consumption, which will greatly increase the number of

devices that can implement

Bluetooth

technology. Manufacturers implementing

Bluetooth

wireless technology into a device commonly have their products

assessed and approved by a laboratory of Special Interest Group (SIG), of which

UL was accredited as in 2002, before it is sold under the

Bluetooth

trademark

to validate compliance with

Bluetooth

regulations.

UL's accreditation as a

Bluetooth

4.0 testing laboratory, following its recent

investment in testing equipment to offer conformance and certification for

LTE, the latest cellular technology, is yet another example of UL adapting to

meet the needs of a constantly changing market place.

Notes to Editors

About UL

UL is a premier global safety science company with more than 100 years of

experience. Employing nearly 9,000 professionals in 46 countries, UL is evolving

the future of safety with five distinct business units – Product Safety,

Environment, Life & Health, Verification and Knowledge Services – to meet the

expanding needs of customers and the global public. For more information on

UL's family of companies and network of 95 laboratory, testing and certification

facilities, go to UL.com.