One year ago Jakajima and DECT Forum organized the CAT-iq global design competition amongst the design students around the globe. 

Here are some ideas. CAT-iq offers much more than just a phone!

For more information go the site of the CAT-iq design competition.

During the CAT-iq developers conference, one session is dedicated to Standardisation, Certification, Qualification.

A lot of questions arise around CAT-iq Certification and Qualification for companies involved in CAT-iq productdevelopment.

Therefor a Q & A session around these topics will be held.

So if you have any questions about CAT-iq Certification and Qualification, visit the conference and attend this session.

Visit the seminar program site.

RTX will share their knowledge about development platforms for CAT-iq with the conference attendees during a presentation, and they will have a booth where their solutions will be presented.

About RTX
Wireless Engineering Experts
RTX Telecom A/S is an internationally oriented group and aims to be the preferred wireless engineering partner for the development and production of advanced wireless products.
       

RTX is divided into three business units with individual areas of wireless expertise. These are RTX Technology, RTX Products Hong Kong Ltd. and RTX Network Systems.

The attendance fee for the two day conference on 19/20 october 2010, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, The Netherlands is for:

DECT Forum members
€ 599,- (19% VAT excluded)

Others
€ 699,- (19% VAT excluded)

You can register online and pay online.

Europe’s market leader for DECT phones is continuing its positive trend: Gigaset Communications GmbH significantly increased its operating income and improved its efficiency in the first quarter of 2010. EBITDA was about 17.7 million euros on revenue of 125 million. Operating income in the same quarter of the previous year was well in the red at –17.6 million euros on revenue of 140 million. This shows clearly that the restructuring measures at the company, in which ARQUES Industries AG holds an 80-percent share, are gaining traction.

As a premium vendor, Gigaset has been able to grow market share, especially in Europe, thanks to its successful products. Since its launch in the spring, the flagship model Gigaset SL400A – “the smallest Gigaset in the world” – has captured several awards and leads the rankings in the prestigious trade magazine connect with the rating “very good,” followed by other quality Gigaset products. Readers of Europe’s largest telecommunications magazine also voted the Gigaset SL400A “Product of the Year 2010” in the DECT category.

The company's performance is exceeding expectations, thanks to great demand for Gigaset products and supported by measures aimed at increasing profitability. In 2009, Gigaset Communications had taken intensive cost-cutting steps, reduced its headcount and focused on its core business of telephony. For 2010, the company now expects to post total revenue of about 500 million euros and sharply improve its return on investment.

In the first quarter, Gigaset surpassed its budget targets for revenue and margins, primarily due to strong sales in Europe. The cordless phone business is showing good performance, earnings strength has grown, and Gigaset is making good progress overall. Margins have increased, despite the fact that total revenue declined slightly year-on-year as a result of the sale of the loss-making Broadband and WiMAX divisions in July 2009 and Home Media in October 2009.

The strategy of concentrating on the core business of telephony and the focused positioning of the Gigaset brand in the premium segment are showing success. By selling low-margin peripheral activities and cutting the workforce, the company had already succeeded in 2009 in significantly improving its efficiency.

Gigaset Communications GmbH is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cordless phones and the clear market leader in Europe for DECT phones. With its headquarters in Munich, the company develops, manufactures and distributes high-quality products under the brand Siemens Gigaset. Its portfolio includes fixed-network phones and Voice over IP devices. The primary production site is in Bocholt, Germany, where the Gigaset products are manufactured under the most
stringent quality and environmental standards.

Dr. H. W. Gierlich, Head of Telecom Division and C. Landauer, Sales & Support Telecom Measurement Solutions, HEAD acoustics GmbH will speak during the CAT--iq developers conference.

The subject of their presentation will be: Background and Guideline for the CAT IQ 2.0 HD Audio Specification


About HEAD acoustics GmbH
Sound is our line of business

For more than 20 years, HEAD acoustics has been a leading company in the area of head-related recording and playback systems and aurally-accurate analysis of sound events, as well as in the field of communication measurement technology. HEAD acoustics GmbH was founded in 1986 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Genuit in Aachen, Germany.

In close cooperation with the automotive industry, HEAD acoustics has developed hardware and software solutions for measuring and analyzing sound events on the basis of aurally-accurate recording and playback systems, which have become today's industry standard. In addition, HEAD acoustics researched and developed numerous internationally-approved measurement tools in other fields of vibration and communication technology.

HEAD acoustics has always been a pioneer in developing innovative technologies, such as head-related stereophony, hearing-related analyses, interactive sound simulation systems and transfer path analysis. Therefore, HEAD acoustics continues to focus on research and maintains its own research department, emphasizing cooperation with universities and other research institutes and participation in international research projects.

Numerous patents, doctoral and diploma theses as well as more than 400 scientific publications validate the successful research work.

At present, HEAD acoustics GmbH, headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany, employs a workforce of more than 120. In addition, HEAD acoustics has subsidiaries in the USA, Japan and France. As part of its worldwide representation, HEAD acoustics closely cooperates with numerous international sales partners. With high-performance measurement technology and professional consulting services, HEAD acoustics is your competent partner in all acoustics-related areas.

The DECT Forum, the international association of the wireless home and enterprise communication industry, is pleased to announce that the first IOP Plugtest (Interoperability Test) in cooperation with ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) will take place from 14 - 16 June, 2010 in Sophia Antipolis (France).
This is an ETSI Plugtests™ event organised with TC DECT on behalf of the DECT Forum. As with every major technology breakthrough, interoperability across silicon
manufacturers and system integrators is a vital element for a successful roll out.

To this end the DECT Forum has worked with ETSI to organize an official CAT-iq 2.0 Plugtest event where silicon manufacturers, system vendors, OEMs, and carriers alike can test the interoperability of their implementations against other devices and systems.
 
„We believe this will send an important message to the industry about the maturity of  CAT-iq 2.0 and will pave the way for a successful Certification Program and market launch. We are expecting a strong presence from CAT-iq handset, gateway and basestation manufacturers, system integrators and carriers - in fact all industry players involved in the supply chain of bringing a CAT-iq 2.0 product to market“, comments Daniel Hartnett, DECT Forum Board member and Chairman of the CAT-iq Working Group.

The DECT Forum also announces the availability of the complete Certification Handbook. The handbook contains all relevant legal and technical documents for manufacturers, test houses, certification laboratories, and further interested companies, who intend to certify CAT-iq devices. The Certification Program, set up and supervised by the DECT Forum, ensures interoperability of devices from multiple manufacturers for functionalities defined in CAT-iq.
Content of the CAT-iq 2.0 Certification Handbook:
• CAT-iq Qualification Program Regulation
• CAT-iq Licence Agreement
• CAT-iq Testing and Qualification Agreement
• CAT-iq Measurement Specifications
• CAT-iq Feature Requirements
• CAT-iq Audio and RF Specifications

Members of the DECT Forum can download the Handbook from www.dect.org.

Dr. Georgina Voss, Researcher and Project Manager will give the following talk.
This talk describes the Homesense project from Tinker and EDF R&D. Smart Homes are more successful in concept than practice. The problem is of design, not technology: smart homes aren't made by the people who live in them, but by designers in R&D departments with specific ideas about how they should be lived in, and rigid technology infrastructure and use scenarios.

But home environments have multiple users living in them who bring different experiences and knowledge of the social, cultural and emotion context of 'home'. How can we design a smart home that someone would actually want to live in? And how would they use it? Homesense brings open collaboration methods of online communities to physical infrastructures in the home.

Instead of having products forced on them through a top-down design process, users will create their own smart homes and live with the technologies that they have developed themselves without prior technical expertise. In autumn 2010, six households across Europe will have access to the latest open source hardware and software tools. Household members will decide how to use the tools in the context of their own homes, and share the results with the world. Each household receives ongoing support from local technology experts who will help design tools and tackle emergent technical issues. All of the households and experts will report back on the process through blogs, videos and images taken throughout the project. As open research, these materials will be available under a creative commons license.

About Tinker London
Tinker is a multidisciplinary design studio based in London. We design interactive products that bridge the physical and the digital.
We help our clients develop innovative design practices in their business using open-source tools. We  research new areas where design and open source technologies intersect and share the results.

Joe Lomako, Business Development Manager, TRaC Global Worldwide Regulatory, Certification and Approvals requirements for DECT devices and related technology at the CAT-iq deverlopers conference, 19-20 October 2010, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven The Netherlands.

Contents:
- Identifies the differences between certification and Regulation
- Identifies each of the major markets in the world for DECT products.
- Explains the processes for complying with the regulatory requirements for each country in the manufacturers target market.
- Explains how the application of DECT technology into different types of products may alter the standards applicable
- Examples of Approvals requirements in smaller territories

Visit the site for the complete seminar programm

Arjen Noorbergen, CTO, Home Automation Europe will speak about Cat-IQ and Home Automation Applications at the CAT-iq deverlopers conference, 19-20 October 2010, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven The Netherlands.

Contents:
- Home Automation vs. Home Entertainment applications
- Nature of Home Automation applications
- Examples of Home Automation applications and -services
    o Security
    o Climate control
    o Energy
- Cat-IQ in its competitive RF landscape: the pro’s and cons of
    o Cat-IQ
    o Zigbee
    o Z-Wave
    o WiFi
    o Bluetooth
- Opportunities for integrating Cat-IQ in Home Automation applications

Visit the site for the complete seminar programm