Element Recognized with PTCRB Award of Excellence for Second Year Running
August 14: Element Materials Technology has just been named a recipient of the 2025 PTCRB Award of Excellence, recognizing the company's contributions to test case development and its ongoing support for the advancement of the PTCRB and IoT Network Certified INC programs. [see Post | LinkedIn].
PTCRB certification is a critical step for manufacturers seeking carrier acceptance and market access in the United States. Through Element's global network of laboratories and wireless experts, customers can access the testing, certification, and technical guidance needed to accelerate product development and bring connected devices to market with confidence.
As mobile telecommunication technologies continue to evolve, manufacturers face increasing complexity in meeting network, performance, and certification requirements. Element's involvement in PTCRB standards development enables the company to provide customers with early insight into emerging requirements and access to industry-leading technical expertise throughout the certification process.
This latest recognition further strengthens Element's position as a partner of choice for cellular conformance testing and market access services. By combining active standards leadership with comprehensive testing capabilities, Element helps manufacturers reduce risk, improve efficiency, and navigate increasingly complex certification requirements across a rapidly evolving wireless landscape.
For customers developing smartphones, modules, IoT devices, industrial equipment, automotive technologies, and other connected products, Element provides a single partner for testing, certification, and compliance services that support successful market entry and long-term product performance.
Soohee Kwon, Senior Technical Manager, Cellular, Element Consumer & Industrials, and representative of the lab industry at the PTCRB Industry Council, commented:
"This recognition highlights the technical expertise of our teams who actively contribute to the development of PTCRB test cases and certification programs. By participating directly in the standards process, we are helping shape the future of cellular certification while ensuring our customers benefit from the highest levels of technical knowledge, quality, and support. We are proud to play a role in enabling innovative connected products to reach the market."
RJ Ortanez, VP, Cellular – Element Consumer & Industrials, added:
"Receiving the PTCRB Award of Excellence is a significant milestone for our customers because it provides further assurance that they are working with a partner that is not only delivering world-class testing services but also helping drive the standards that underpin the global wireless ecosystem."
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About PTCRB
PTCRB is a certification program established by North American mobile network operators to ensure cellular devices conform to industry standards and network requirements. PTCRB certification is a key requirement for many devices seeking access to U.S. carrier networks and plays an important role in delivering reliable connectivity, interoperability, and user experience.
About Element Materials Technology
Element Materials Technology is one of the world’s leading providers of laboratory-based testing services, supporting more than 50,000 customers operating in some of the world’s most technical and highly regulated industries, where failure in use of products, materials and technologies is not an option. Headquartered in London, UK, Element’s 8,500+ scientists, engineers and technologists work across a global network of more than 270 laboratories.
Element operates through two focused global Business Lines: Element Consumer & Industrials, which supports product market access for manufacturers across built environment, connected technologies, mobility and industrial markets; and Element Aero, Space & Defense, which provides materials testing, product qualification and mission-critical assurance for customers in aerospace, space, defense and energy markets
Through these capabilities, Element supports customers from early R&D through complex regulatory approvals and into production, helping to ensure products are safe, sustainable, compliant and ready for market.
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Media Contact:
Kate Aldridge, VP Communications, E: kate.aldridge@element.com M: +44 7767 705364