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During the recently ended Digital Home Summit 2010 event in Guangzhou, China, the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) announced the first certification lab in the People’s Republic of China. The certification will be conducted by the Advanced Digital TV Test Center (ADTC), a part of CESI Technology, which is sponsored by the government-controlled China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI).
Certification labs perform interoperability testing services as part of the requirements set by the DLNA Certification and Logo Program. The ADTC certification lab allows DLNA to better service the growing development and manufacturing base in China.
Commenting on the news, CESI’s Market Director Mr. Zhang Hong said: “We are pleased to be the first DLNA certification lab in China. Technological advances in China are moving rapidly and the technology industry has seen substantial growth in the last decade. We look forward to helping more companies based in China obtain DLNA certification for interoperability between devices on a global scale.”
So what this means for end users? Nothing immediately, but could have an impact in the growth of DLNA-certified devices that would ultimately make connected home a reality. We’ll definitely be watching where this goes…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
