From Forum Nokia Wiki

There are four test houses within the Symbian Signed and/or Symbian Signed for Nokia program.

• Digia (located in Finland)
• Flander (located in Tampere, Finland and Beijing, China)
• Mphasis (located in Shanghai, China)
• NSTL (located in Blue Bell, USA)
• Sogeti (located in Grenoble, France)

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Each test house had a chance to promote their testing and consultancy services to Forum Nokia developers in a test house webinar. Webinar sessions in .WMV format are available for download at [1]. The following is a summary of the presentations.

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Digia

Digia is a major software manufacturer and solutions provider for Symbian OS and other mobile platforms. We have Symbian experience since it’s creation in 1998. Digia offers Symbian Signing (express) and Symbian Signed for Nokia testing and certification services. Our emphasis is in fast lead times for text execution, which is clearly a significant factor for our customers. We see this through our customer's eyes - this is the final phase before launching the application. The customer has worked hard to get the application to this point and we continue pushing the application to be certified and ready for the market.

Digia has three main drivers for this service

• Driver #1 – Minimize time for signing
• Driver #2 – Keep the customer informed
• Driver #3 – Assist the customer

Digia signing costs are:

• Symbian Signed for Nokia without TPO test cases. Testing includes Symbian Signed test cases, Symbian Signed for Nokia NOK-xx test cases.

First submission 750 Euros

Resubmission 450 Euros

Additional 0-200 Euros for extra work caused by client/server setup and complexity

• Symbian Signed for Nokia with TPO test cases. Testing includes Symbian Signed test cases, Symbian Signed for Nokia NOK-xx and TPO(T)-xx test cases.

First submission 1200 Euros

Resubmission 750 Euros

Additional 0-200 Euros for extra work caused by client/server setup and complexity

For more information about Digia's signing services, visit http://www.digia.com/symbiansigned or contact symbian.signed@digia.com

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Flander

Flander (http://www.flander.com) is one of the leading providers of mobile software testing and development services. Flander’s customers include top-tier mobile handset manufacturers, independent software vendors, mobile operators and service providers. Flander has offices in Finland, Sweden and China. Flander employs 330+ software testing and development professionals.

Flander’s Symbian Signed for Nokia costs are (December 18th, 2007):

• Basic Symbian Signed (Express):

first submission (in China): 185€

resubmission (in China): 136€

first submission (in Finland): 450€

resubmission (in Finland): 300€

passive content 25-60€ depending on the amount signed content

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests for applications with sensitive capabilities (Symbian Signed criteria and Nokia test criteria excluding TPO-XX test cases):

first submission (in China): 280€

resubmission (in China): 250€

first submission (in Finland): 700€

resubmission (in Finland): 500€

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests for applications in Nokia projects (Symbian Signed criteria and Nokia test criteria including TPO-XX test IDs):

first submission (in China): 500€

resubmission (in China): 400€

first submission (in Finland): 1200€

resubmission (in Finland): 800€

NOTE! Client-server extra fee in every category: 0-300€ (client-server extra fee is dependent of the complexity of the application and the test category)

To learn more about Flander as a Symbian Signed for Nokia test house, please have a look at our webinar [2] or contact nokiatesting@flander.com. For more information concerning Flander's Symbian Signed process, please have a look at the following link [3].

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Mphasis

Mphasis test house is a Symbian Signed and Symbian Signed for Nokia test house. In order to help developer in the certification process, MphasiS provides a special service - "Basic Check" (Pre-test) before quotation. Pre-test is free for developer and checks some basic conditions for Symbian Signed, for example:

• Check the submitted package
• Verify the ACS Publisher ID
• Verify the version number
• Try to install/launch the application

Mphasis testing costs are(as of March 2007):

• Symbian Signed application:

first round: 185€

resubmissions: 160€

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests (excl. NUI-01 - NUI-05), for applications with sensitive capabilities:

first round: 280€

resubmissions: 250€

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests (whole test plan), for applications in Nokia projects:

first round: 500€

resubmissions: 350€

To learn more, check the webinar or contact symbian.signed@mphasis.com!

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NSTL

NSTL does testing and certification in all programs, which Nokia supports: Symbian Signed, Symbian Signed for Nokia and Java Verified. They have testing premises in various contries and can perform testing e.g. in the USA, Latin America, Europe (UK) and India. In addition to certification programs, NSTL provides a separate testing service called appRelay. Services range from quality assurance testing to more "marketing oriented" services such as game evaluations. Components of the appRELAY program are designed to help clients manage the operational cycle of an application from development to deployment and include:

• Quality Assurance Testing
• Pre-Certification Testing
• Game Play
• Game Evaluations
• Localization and Internationalization

If you are interested in appRelay or NSTL's services in general, check the webinar or contact symbian.signed@nstl.com!

NSTL's Symbian Signed/Symbian Signed for Nokia testing costs are(as of March 2007):

• Symbian Signed application:

first round: 250€

resubmissions: 250€

Fast-Track signing (24 h): 275€

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests (excl. NUI-01 - NUI-05), for applications with sensitive capabilities:

first round: TBD

resubmissions: TBD

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests (whole test plan), for applications in Nokia projects:

first round: 1750€

resubmissions: TBD

For their Java Verified testing costs, please check www.javaverified.com -> Select test provider or contact jvtest@nstl.com.

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Sogeti

Sogeti High-Tech is a part of Capgemini. Sogeti does testing and certification in all programs, which Nokia supports: Symbian Signed, Symbian Signed for Nokia and Java Verified. In addition, Sogeti provides additional testing services for mobile application developers. These include e.g. beta-testing and certification consultation. If you are interested in knowing more, check the webinar or contact nokiatesting.fr@sogeti.com!

Soget's Symbian Signed/Symbian Signed for Nokia testing costs are (as of March 2007):

• Symbian Signed application:

first round: 560€

resubmissions: 280€

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests (excl. NUI-01 - NUI-05), for applications with sensitive capabilities:

first round: 1300€

resubmissions: 880€

• Symbian Signed and Nokia tests (whole test plan), for applications in Nokia projects:

first round: 1300€

resubmissions: 880€

For their Java Verified testing costs, please check www.javaverified.com -> Select test provider or contact uti.testing-house.fr@sogeti.com.

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If you have experiences of test houses' services, we'd happy to hear!

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