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CHAPTER TWELVE
Conformance and interoperability
testing
Testing of mobile phone de signs before they enter service and are used on a live network is
particularly important. Users expect their phones to operate correctly – to be able to make calls,
and for all the features to work as intended – under all conditions. The huge variety of phones
on the market means that a user can easily change to ano ther manufacturer, and in a market
that is very sensitive a manufacturer can soon get a poor name. With the vast number of
phones of any given design being produced, recalling them is not normally a viable option.
Additionally, it has been known for incorrectly operating phones to cause problems to the
network operator.
Ensuring that phones operate virtually ...