UKCA Certification
▍What is CTIA CERTIFICATION?
CTIA, the abbreviation of Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, is a non-profit civic organization established in 1984 for the purpose of guaranteeing benefit of operators, manufacturers and users. CTIA consists of all U.S. operators and manufacturers from mobile radio services, as well as from wireless data services and products. Supported by FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Congress, CTIA performs a large part of duties and functions that were used to be conducted by the government. In 1991, CTIA created an unbiased, independent and centralized product evaluation and certification system for wireless industry. Under the system, all wireless products in consumer grade shall take compliance tests and those complying with the relevant standards will be granted to utilize CTIA marking and hit store shelves of North American communication market.
CATL (CTIA Authorized Testing Laboratory) represents labs accredited by CTIA for testing and review. Testing reports issued from CATL would be all approved by CTIA. While other testing reports and results from non-CATL will not be recognized or have no access to CTIA. CATL accredited by CTIA varies in industries and certifications. Only CATL which is qualified for battery compliance test and inspection has access to battery certification for compliance to IEEE1725.
▍CTIA Battery Testing Standards
a) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1725— Applicable to Battery Systems with single cell or multiple cells connected in parallel;
b) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1625— Applicable to Battery Systems with multiple cells connected in parallel or in both parallel and series;
Warm tips: Select above certification standards properly for batteries used in mobile phones and computers. Do not misuse IEE1725 for batteries in mobile phones or IEEE1625 for batteries in computers.
▍Why MCM？
● Hard Technology: Since 2014, MCM has been attending battery pack conference held by CTIA in US annually, and is able to obtain latest update and understand new policy trends about CTIA in a more prompt, accurate and active way.
●Qualification: MCM is CATL accredited by CTIA and is qualified to perform all processes related to certification including testing, factory audit and report uploading.
The United Kingdom officially “left” the European Union on January 31, 2020, ending its 47-year membership of the European Union and then entering an 11-month transition period that ended on December 31, 2020. Prior to Brexit, most products entered the UK market used the same CE mark (Unified Product Compliance Mark in EU market) as other EU countries. After Brexit, the UK introduced its own product compliance mark UKCA and the UKNI mark which is unique to Northern Ireland. From 1 January 2021, when the UK left the EU, products are exported to the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) with UKCA mark, which replaced the CE mark.
The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessment) mark is a new UK product conformity mark which will be used for products placed on the market in the Great Britain (” GB “), which includes England, Wales and Scotland but excludes Northern Ireland. The UKCA covers most products that previously required CE marking.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/placing-manufactured-goods-on-the-market-in-great-britain-from-1-january-2021#legislation (Common consumer electronic and electrical products fall within this scope).
