Hi Cynthia, Although I have great respect for Victor Boersma, the *total* bill for a worldwide approval process might run into hundreds of thousands depending on the number of countries you want approval in.
I'd talk with, Telefication: http://www.telefication.nl KTL +44-1481-801801 and Semko http://www.semko.se (Fredric Mattson) for best European coverage and Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Best Regards Gary Gorton EPL Limited http://www.epl.co.uk Cynthia Pleach wrote: > > Digi developed and released an analog modem for > sale in North America. Product Management is considering > kicking off a project to take the product world wide. > > My experience with analog is limited to the North American > requirements. I am aware of what is going on in Europe > with TBR21 and have read past messages on analog. > I gather that analog approval is country by country, > very time consuming, and expensive. > > What I am tasked with doing at the moment is writing > a recommendation to management on how Digi > could approach analog approvals. The biggest > problem is I do not have the key information I need > to make a recommendation. Things like cost > for approval, time to approval, etc. Also what > would a consultant bring to the table. Should I > farm the entire process to an approval agency, > should I attempt to gain the approvals on my own? > > As you can see I need lots of help (of course people > that know me well could have told you that !!) > > I don't expect that anyone out there can hand me > a complete analog approval guidebook with all > this information, but what I was hoping is that > anyone that has faced this situation could > share their experience with me. What are > really the most important factors for a company > to consider when approaching this type of task?, > etc. > > My boss does not expect me to hand him a list > of every country in the world and what their > approval process is, but he does expect a > recommendation for how I intent to get this > feat accomplished. All advice is welcome!! > > A few facts you may need, > > 1) homologation is staffed currently with only 2 people > 2) engineers are responsible for the design and normally > support all approval testing > 3) Digi has distributors in most countries and we utilize > them often for ISDN approvals so they are available > to me as a resource > > Sorry for such a long message. > > Cynthia E. Pleach > Principle Homologation Engineer > Digi International > > email [email protected] > phone 612 912 3206 > fax 612 912 4955
