DECT Forum India:
Workshop at Convergence India in New Delhi

After a very successful and highly regarded participation in India Telecom in December 2010, (see picture), DECT Forum India was well prepared to join Convergence India from March 24-26, 2011 in New Delhi. The following speakers from the DECT Forum and ETSI presented at the conference: Dr. Dag Akerberg, CTO of the DECT Forum and Head of the Regulatory Working Group, and Dr. Guenter  Kleindl , Chairman ETSI TC DECT. There was also a dedicated workshop session on “DECT For India” on March 26 at Convergence India. This session addressed the DECT Technology, international trends and opportunities in India. The DFI information booth (K30-A in the exhibition hall 10) has showcased DECT products and comprehensive DFI information. More information about the very successful perception of the conference and the workshop in the next edition of the Newsletter.

DECT Forum Goes Facebook, Twitter & Co.

Now it is still easier to get latest information and updates from the DECT Forum. You can follow DECT Forum on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin. RSS feed has been added as well as a new designed CAT-iq and DECT Forum blog (http://blog.cat-iq.org). There is a team from the Marketing Working Group that takes care to feed all the platforms with valuable and updated information. Please visit the DECT Forum websites, share information with your friends and experience the links to the social media channels. You can start for example and share this Newsletter with your friends and colleagues on Facebook.

Secure DECT Certification Will Be Launched in Time

DECT Forum concluded a contract with Dosch & Amand for the development of the tester that will be used for the certification of Secure DECT devices. These devices need to be compliant with ETSI TS 102 841 V1.2.1 (2011-02), which signifies the first step in enhancing the security of DECT devices.
Under the contract Dosch & Amand will develop two different modules. One is the DA1220S, which includes the DA1220 workstation, 2 RF probes and the software to test the features specified in TS 102 841 V1.2.1. This module is targeted at customers who wish to test DECT devices and who do not yet have the DA1220 workstation. The second module is the DA1220-B32, which includes only the test software. This module is targeted at customers who already possess a DA1220 workstation, e.g. to carry out CAT-iq tests.
The test modules are targeted to become available at the end of April. In order to verify the tester, DECT Forum and Dosch & Amand request DECT Forum members to provide DECT portable and fixed parts. 
The Security Working Group also started up the legal activities to protect the Secure DECT picture mark in all of the EU countries. The DECT Forum expects to be able to launch the Secure DECT Certification in the course of 2011.

Rapidly Growing Market for DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy)

At the DECT World 2011 end of January the DECT Forum has released a White Paper about DECT ULE applications. This whitepaper presents the latest edition DECT Ultra Low Energy – a green communication technology. DECT ULE is based on the proven and established DECT standard. Therefore, the ULE benefits from years of industry support and the DECT Forum has formed a DECT ULE working group to improve the time-to-market of this technology.
ULE has all the traditional strengths of DECT (interference free, license free, security, authentication, long range, internet ready). With re-designed hardware and software components DECT ULE is optimized for low data rate application/CAT-iq data service profiles. It can also handle voice traffic by switching to the CAT-iq voice profile and still maintain a good Quality of Service (which is a unique feature of ULE compared to other low power wireless standards).
The low energy (ULE) version positions DECT in new and rapidly growing market segments beyond the traditional DECT telephony market, such as the wireless Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market – a rapidly growing segment. ETSI TC DECT has started the work on the “unlocked mode” specification, which is a pure sensor technology for event-driven applications with long reporting intervals and ultra low sleep current.

Randy Berg Appointed Chairman US Working Group

Randy Berg, VP of Business development for DSP Group in North America, has been appointed Chairman of the Working Group USA. He follows Mike Rude who has driven the US team in the DECT 6.0 area. Randy will relaunch the WGs activities very soon with the focus to aiming at the introduction of
CAT-iq in North America in 2011.

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Working Groups – You Will Benefit from Participation!

Joining a Working Group always means benefit for the participants: you are able to influence the strategy of the industry and you receive first-hand information.
Please contact the chairperson of the Working Group or the Secretariat for any further information. Meetings of the Working Groups are also announced in the
Event Calendar.

• CAT-iq (Daniel Hartnett)
• Marketing (Ruth Wilson)
• Regulatory (Dag Akerberg)
• Security (Roel Ottink)
• Ultra Low Energy (Dan Hermansen)
• USA (Randy Berg)

Welcome!

The entire team of the DECT Forum welcomes new/upgrade members (in alphabetical order):

• David Clark (David Truesdell)
• Invoxia (Serge Renouard)