Carrier Device Certification
📲 Carrier Device Certification with Choice IoT
Ensure Compliance. Accelerate Deployment. Deliver Quality.
Before launching any device on a U.S. cellular network, it must be certified to meet key regulatory and carrier requirements. Choice IoT helps you navigate this process, ensuring your device meets all standards — so it can connect seamlessly and deliver the best possible customer experience.
🔍 Why Certification Matters
Major U.S. carriers (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile) require devices to be certified by three bodies:
- PTCRB Certification – For network interoperability
- FCC Certification – For regulatory and safety compliance
- Carrier-Specific Certification – For technical validation on each network
✅ Key Certification Requirements
🛠️ PTCRB Certification
Ensures your device complies with GSM, UMTS, LTE, and 5G standards — confirming compatibility with North American networks. PTCRB is required by all U.S. carriers.
- Guarantees device-network interoperability
- Required for network access and SIM provisioning
- Prevents deployment delays due to failed compatibility
📡 FCC Certification
Mandatory for any device sold or operated in the U.S., FCC certification ensures devices meet RF emission and interference standards.
- Confirms EMI and RF safety compliance
- Avoids interference with other equipment
- Required for legal market access
🔗 FCC Accredited Lab Directory
📶 Carrier Certification
Each U.S. carrier has its own certification process to verify your device meets their network performance and protocol standards (RF, modulation, signal integrity, etc.).
- Required for network whitelisting and SIM activation
- Varies by carrier — Choice IoT helps streamline the steps
- Access advanced network features post-certification
🔗 T-Mobile Certification Guide
🔗 AT&T IoT Certification Portal
🔗 Verizon Open Development
🤝 How Choice IoT Helps
- ✅ Step-by-step guidance through all certification stages
- ✅ Pre-review of hardware specs to identify potential issues
- ✅ Access to trusted certification labs
- ✅ Simplified approval across T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon
- ✅ Faster time to market for your connected solution
Choice offers competitive price points and as such has been flexible in giving us the data plans we need to accomplish and pass on these savings to our own end customers. Typically, Spectrotel can save customers up to 30% on their existing wireless data spend.