Verizon Independent Testing Laboratories NEBS Testing
Certification program (NEBS-TCP)
Verizon has named nine Independent Testing Laboratories (ITL) under its certification program. This program helps expedite product-to-market cycles for Verizon's telecommunications equipment vendors and creates more economical compliance testing processes.
Under the Verizon ITL NEBS Testing Certification Program (NEBS-TCP) Verizon will accept NEBS testing reports only from laboratories that have qualified under Verizon's certification standards. The ten laboratories that are certified thus far are listed below. Verizon will no longer accept results from other testing laboratories when such tests are performed after January 1, 2003. Reports for testing performed prior to January 1, 2003, by any laboratory, will continue to be accepted for review. Verizon selected ITLs based on their interest in participating in the program, their demonstrated competence in performing such testing, their ongoing training programs and their certification in nationally recognized quality programs for laboratories. Each lab undergoes an initial quality audit and subsequent periodic audits to assure ongoing quality.
This program is open to all qualified Independent Testing Laboratories. Test laboratories interested in certification under the NEBS-TCP program may contact Howard Davis- Manager Verizon NEBS, Fiber & Energy Efficiency (Howard.Davis@Verizon.com) for additional information.
The laboratories, locations and scope of testing (if restricted) currently recognized by Verizon under the NEBS-TCP Certification program are:
Curtis-Straus
Littleton, MA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63
GR-487 (Excluding Requirements R3-21 and R3-24)
GR-1089
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
Linkou, Taiwan - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-1089 (Excluding Sections 4.6.5 through 4.6.8, 4.6.10 through 4.6.16, 4.7 through 4.9, 4.10.2 through 4.10.4, 4.10.6, Sections 5 through 6, Section 8, and Section 9.12)
Taoyuan, Taiwan - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-1089 Only for Sections 7.1 through 7.7 and 9.1 through 9.11.
Environ Laboratories
Minneapolis, MN - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Excluding MFG)
GR-487
Garwood Laboratories Inc
Pico Rivera, CA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Excluding Mixed Flow Gas)
GR-487 (excluding Sec. 3.5, 3.6, 3.19, 3.20, 3.26 Category 2 cabinets, 3.28.1, 3.28.4 and 3.35.2)
GR-1089 (Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (excluding 9.12), and 10
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
Intertek
Lexington, KY - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63
GR-1089
GR-487 (excluding Sec. 3.6.1 and Requirements R3-21, R3-24, R3-130)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9307 Qualification Requirements for Printed Board Assemblies Manufactured with Lead-Free Solder for use in Telecommunications Equipment
Duluth, GA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-1089 (Sections 2, 3, and 10)
Austin, TX - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-1089 (Sections 2 ,3, 7 & 9)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
Baltimore, MD - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63
GR-487 (Excluding Requirements R3-24 and CR3-206)
GR-1089
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9307 Qualification Requirements for Printed Board Assemblies Manufactured with Lead-Free Solder for use in Telecommunications Equipment, Issue 4, August 2010.
Santa Clara, CA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Sections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5)
GR-1089
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9307 Qualification Requirements for Printed Board Assemblies Manufactured with Lead-Free Solder for use in Telecommunications Equipment, Issue 4, August 2010.
Union City, CA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63
GR-1089
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9307 Qualification Requirements for Printed Board Assemblies Manufactured with Lead-Free Solder for use in Telecommunications Equipment, Issue 4, August 2010.
National Technical Systems (NTS)
Acton/Boxborough, MA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63
GR-1089
GR-487 (excluding Sec. 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
Fullerton, CA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63
GR-1089
GR-487 (excluding R3-17 thru R3-20, R3-22, Sec. 3.6.3, 3.6.6, 3.28.4, and 3.35.2)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
Silicon Valley
, CA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Sections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, & 4.7)
GR-1089 (Sections 2, 3, 4.6.9 thru 4.6.17, 4.11, 4.12, 7, 9 and 10)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
NTS Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (excluding Flame Spread)
GR-1089
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
Tinton Falls, NJ - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (excluding Sec. 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, and 4.7)
GR-1089 (excluding Sec. 5 and 10)
GR-487 (excluding Sec. 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35.2, 3.35.5, and 3.35.6)
GR-487 (Fungus Resistance Testing)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
Plano, TX - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63: (excluding Mixed Flow Gas)
GR-1089
GR-487 (excluding Sec. 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.20, 3.21, and 3.35.2)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
Southwest Research Institute (SWRI)
San Antonio, TX - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63
GR-487 (excluding Requirement R3-21)
GR-1089
Telcordia Technologies
Piscataway, NJ - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Sections 4.1, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.7)
GR-1089 (Sections 2 (ESD only), 4 (excluding Sec. 4.10), 5,6,7,8,9, and 10)
GR-487 (excluding Sec. 3.19, 3.30, 3.32, 3.33, and 3.35.2)
Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
Fremont, CA - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Sections 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.2, 4.6 & 4.7)
GR-1089 (excluding Sections 4.7, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13)
Melville, NY - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.6, and 4.7)
GR-1089 (Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9442 Optical Cable Microducts and Accessories
Northbrook, IL - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.5, 4.6, and 4.7)
GR-487 (Sections 3.32 and 3.33)
GR-1089 (Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10 (except Sec. 9.12))
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
Research Triangle Park, NC - Scope of Approved Testing:
GR-63 (Sections 2, 3, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7)
GR-487 (Sections 3.1 - 3.4, 3.6.4 - 3.6.6, 3.7 - 3.18, 3.20 - 3.31, 3.34.1 - 3.34.2, 3.35.1, and 3.35.3 - 3.35.6)
GR-1089 (Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10)
VZ.TPR.9205 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment
VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment
Note: Unless otherwise specified, the lab scopes apply to the following documents:
GR-63: GR-63-CORE, Issue 3, March 2006
GR-1089: GR-1089-CORE, Issue 5, August 2009
GR-487: GR-487-CORE, Issue 3, April 2009