News from Bluetest and MI-Technologies

Almi Invest and QuieTek invest in Bluetest

Jul 1, 2009

During the spring, Almi Företagspartner set up a new venture capital company, Almi Invest AB. The aim is to improve access to venture capital for companies in their initial stages and expansion phases. Almi Invest is now making its first investment in Bluetest, a company which has developed a new method for testing wireless products. This investment is being made in partnership with QuieTek, a leading Taiwanese testing company. Together, Almi and QuieTek are investing a total of SEK 4 million.

 

Two Bluetest HP chamber orders from Japan

Jun 23, 2009

Bluetest has recieved two orders for Bluetest HP chambers in June from our Japanese distributor TOYO. These are our sixth and seventh orders from Japan in little over a year. The Japanese market is usually difficult to break into unless you have a product and distributor of high quality. Seven orders of a product using a new technology, in little over a year, is solid proof that Bluetest has both. Bluetest's last fiscal year resulted in a new sales record and the sales for this fiscal year has started better than last year. In a few years we believe most companies developing/evaluating wireless products with small antennas will use Bluetest´s measurement technology for characterizing their performance, since it is: 1) easy to use, 2) very fast, 3) compact, and 4) cost effective, compared to existing test technologies. In addition, it is the only test technology that can evaluate the performance in a realistic environment with fading, and this unique property enables direct tests of advanced smart antenna functions such as antenna diversity gain and MIMO.

 

Bluetest signs distribution agreement with GIGACOMP for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

Jun 10, 2009

“GIGACOMP is one of the leading RF specialists in Central Europe and we are very happy to add GIGACOMP as a Bluetest distributor for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria" says Mats Andersson, CEO of Bluetest AB. "The revolutionary Bluetest technology will give our customers a significant cost and time to market advantage. The performance of wireless devices with small single and/or multiple (MIMO and/or diversity) antennas can be evaluated in minutes in a very compact, cost effective, and easy to use system." says Dr. Bernd Fleischmann, Managing Director of GIGACOMP GmbH. The Bluetest reverberation chamber technology is used to measure the total RF performance of cell phones and other wireless devices. In the past two years the sales of the Bluetest products have accelerated and in a few years we believe most companies working with products using small antennas will use this technology. The capabilities offered by the Bluetest technology include extremely fast measurements of total radiated power (TRP) and total isotropic sensitivity (TIS). Additionally, the Bluetest chambers are the only commercially available test chambers that allow direct very fast passive and active testing of antenna diversity gain and MIMO capacity, both of which are key technologies for new (e.g. HSPA, 802.11n) and future (WiMAX, LTE) wireless broadband systems. To support the sales and aftersales worldwide Bluetest has since 2007 signed distribution agreements for Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, ASEAN, North America, Italy, United Kingdom, India and now also for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. For the rest of the world Bluetest handles the sales and aftersales.

 

New sales record for Bluetest 2008/2009

May 8, 2009

Bluetest sales are accelerating despite the economic turmoil on the world markets. The turnover for the fiscal year May 2008 - April 2009 has increased by 177% compared to the previous year and by about 450% compared to two years ago. An important factor for the increased sales worldwide is that Bluetest has since 2007 signed distribution agreements for Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, ASEAN, North America, Italy, United Kingdom and India. We expect the sales to continue to increase as the distributors are expanding their marketing efforts of the Bluetest products. During 2009 we plan to add new distributors in Europe and South America.

 

Bluetest HP chamber order to MI Technologies

Mar 30, 2009

Bluetest's US distributor MI Technologies recieved today a Bluetest HP chamber order from a large US based wireless company. This is MI Technologies first Bluetest order in the US and it will be Bluetest chamber no. 8 to be installed in North-America. The interest in the Bluetest reverberation chamber technology has accelerated during the last year as more and more companies have become aware of the significant cost and time savings that can be made in using this technology for extremely fast OTA measurements of devices with small single or multiple antenna configurations. Bluetest's customers comprise 8 of the world's large mobile phone manufacturers, many developers of small antennas/laptops/wireless modules, 3 of the world´s largest operators, 5 universities, 3 test institutes, and many other wireless companies. The customers can be found in Asia, Europe, North and South America.

 

MSI orders Bluetest chamber no. 33

Jan 8, 2009

Bluetest´s Taiwanese distributor QuieTek has recieved an order for a Bluetest High Performance (HP) chamber from Micro-Star International (MSI) in Taiwan. David Cheng, Sales Manager at QuieTek says "- QuieTek and Bluetest are very happy that MSI selected the Bluetest HP chamber instead of a test chamber using anechoic chamber technology. One of the key reasons is the possibility of very fast measurements of wireless devices with a size of up to 0.8m in the relatively small Bluetest HP chamber". The Bluetest chambers are the only commercially available reverberation chambers with software for measuring antenna efficiency, TIS (Total Isotropic Sensitivity), TRP (Total Radiated Power), antenna diversity gain and MIMO capacity of wireless devices with small antennas, e.g. mobile phones, laptops, USB modems, Bluetooth devices, etc. Antenna efficiency, TRP/channel, antenna diversity gain and MIMO capacity can be measured in only one minute. TIS for GSM and WCDMA in about 10 minutes/channel. Bluetest has among its customers 8 of the world's large mobile phone manufacturers, many developers of small antennas/laptops/wireless modules, 2 of the world´s largest operators, 5 universities, 2 test institutes, and some other wireless companies. The customers can be found in Asia, Europe, North and South America.

 

Bluetest articles in leading Japanese industrial papers

Jan 7, 2009

Bluetest's Japanese distributor TOYO Corporation showcased the Bluetest HP chamber at the Microwave Show MWE 2008 in Yokohama November 26 - 28, 2008. As a result several articles were published. Two of the leading industrial newspapers in Japan, The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Dec 16) and The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (Dec 12) published articles with a photo and description of some of the features and advantages of the Bluetest HP chambers. Some of the articles in Japanese can be found via the following links:

TOYO Corporation has been very successful in selling Bluetest chambers during 2008 to several worldleading Japanese wireless companies and Bluetest and TOYO Corporation look forward to even more sales during 2009.

 

Bluetest signs distribution agreement with MI Technologies

Nov 14, 2008

“North America is a very important market for Bluetest. Many of the world's leading wireless companies have their headquarters and/or development centers in North-America. Bluetest is very happy to add MI Technologies, well known worldwide for its high quality and cost effective test and measurement products, to its list of distributors" says Mats Andersson, CEO of Bluetest AB. MI Technologies has for over 50 years delivered advanced antenna test technology to the communication industry, the addition of the Bluetest products to its offerings provides MI Technologies the ability to offer a complete suite of test systems to characterize antenna pattern performance as well as antenna efficiency measurements and throughput measurements. "MI technologies is the leading supplier of advanced test systems for all types of antennas, and the speed and accuracy of the Bluetest solution will offer extraordinary value to our customers. With the revolutionary products from Bluetest we will be able to supply the latest test technology for evaluation of all wireless products." says Jeff Fordham, VP Marketing, of MI Technologies. The Bluetest reverberation chamber technology is used to measure the total RF performance of cell phones and other wireless devices. In the past two years the sales of the Bluetest products have accelerated and in a few years we believe most companies working with products using small antennas will use this technology. The capabilities offered by this technology include extremely fast measurements of total radiated power (TRP) and total isotropic sensitivity (TIS). Additionally, the Bluetest chambers are the only commercially available test chambers that allow direct testing of antenna diversity gain and MIMO capacity, both of which are key technologies for new (e.g. HSPA, 802.11n) and future (WiMAX, LTE) wireless broadband systems. All of this capability is bundled into a very compact, cost effective, and easy to use system. To support the sales and aftersales worldwide Bluetest has since 2007 signed distribution agreements for Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, ASEAN and now also for North America, Italy, United Kingdom and India. For the rest of the world Bluetest handles the sales and aftersales.