20 July, 2004: UK-based RFI Global Services has signed a partnership agreement with Communications Consultants Worldwide (CCww), suppliers of wireless protocol stack and services to handset makers and semiconductor houses. The agreement will enable RFI Global Services to broaden its scope by providing local testing at CCww's facilities in Bournemouth adding capability and capacity to RFI Global Services' testing portfolio.

Richard Jacklin RFI Global Services' Operations Director commented: "Our relationship with CCww extends our capacity with immediate effect. Longer term we are looking to bring in CCww's expertise to help our customers and to explore ways of co-operating within Asia. We are keen to become the de-facto standard for protocol stack testing where confidence in interoperability is paramount".

Anthony Cutler, VP sales and marketing for CCww added: "This agreement strengthens the solutions on offer to our customers, by providing a seamless flow from the design phase into compliance testing. This is particularly significant for the time-to-market pressures on our Asian customers".