FCC USA Certification

Your Challenge

FCC certification in accordance with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements is mandatory for all wireless products to be placed on the U.S. market. The FCC requirements assess the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of the radio products. The additional electrical safety verification is not mandatory for U.S. approval but is often requested by the market.

With nearly 300 million consumers, the United States is one of the largest and most important markets in the world.  Companies that want to take advantage of this economic potential require that their products are compliant with FCC regulations. 

The FCC’s required testing is performed at approved laboratories.  After the FCC approval process, the radio products must be marked with the FCC ID mark.

Our FCC Solution

Through our decades of international experience of our FCC accredited laboratories in the USA, Europe and Asia and our network of partner laboratories and certification bodies, your product can go through the approval process with us quickly and effectively by taking advantage of all synergy effects.

A Telecommunication Certification Body (TCB) like Bureau Veritas is responsible for testing, evaluating, and reviewing the product, to verify that it meets all of the applicable FCC rules and regulations. To do this, the manufacturer needs to provide fully functioning device samples, technical documentation, and operating instructions that will enable to fully investigate the operating abilities and parameters, so that they can render a valid and fair decision on the conformity of the product.

• Testing: Bureau Veritas, as a TCB, accepts test reports and applications from any credible source. We review the report and validate that the data is reasonable, and has been performed by a FCCrecognized accredited testing laboratory. Bureau Veritas also has FCC-recognized testing laboratories worldwide who can provide this service.
• Certification Review: Bureau Veritas performs a review of the product against applicable requirements, consistency of data, and presence of supporting documentation If incomplete test report, or supporting documentation, we will request supplemental information before performing the certification. When the certification review outcome is negative, any non-conformity(ies) will be provided to you. Presence of all required corrective supporting documentation/exhibits will be required.
• Certification: When the review is completed with a positive result, an Original Grant of Authorization will be issued and e-mailed to the applicant with a copy also accessible from the FCC’s electronic filing site.

TCB Documentation:

• RF, EMC and Safety Test Reports
• Block Diagram
• Schematic Diagrams
• External photographs (overall
• appearance showing all user accessible
• controls/connectors)
• Internal construction photographs
• ID Label/Location Info
• User Manual
• Operating Description