"We already reached several milestones of our wireless strategy in 2017 with the acquisition of our wireless laboratory in Lund, Sweden, and the opening of our new laboratory in Silicon Valley, which - as the ‘TUV Rheinland Center of Excellence Wireless / IoT' is now responsible for wireless testing in the North America region, among others. The same applies for the integration of 4ffCom, with which we have been able to offer our customers their own fully automated testing solutions (comprehensive testing environment, CTE) since last year and which is an excellent addition to the services we offer. Our next objective is to become the global one-stop-shop service provider for wireless communication technologies," explains Stefan Kischka, Vice President of Wireless/Internet of Things at TUV Rheinland. The laboratory network in Europe is currently being strengthened with further investments in Cologne, Nuremberg, Leek, Milan and Lund in order to become also a strong partner in the IoT Ecosystem in Europe.

To become the global one-stop-shop service provider for wireless communication technologies, the testing service provider plans to expand its "Wireless/IoT" team by around 220 staff by 2020.

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