VDE Institute Partners with SmartViser to Deliver Energy Labelling Testing for Smartphones and Tablets

[Rennes, 04/07/2025] – SmartViser, a leading provider of automated testing solutions, is proud to announce its partnership with the VDE Institute, a globally recognized leader in testing and certification services. Through the adoption of SmartViser’s Viser Test Automation, VDE Institute is expanding its portfolio to include Energy Labelling Testing for smartphones and tablets, aligning with the new European energy efficiency regulations set to become mandatory since June 2025.

The new regulation will require smartphones and tablets sold in the European market to display energy labels, ensuring transparency for consumers and promoting energy efficiency. VDE Institute’s adoption of Viser Test Automation enables the delivery of precise, automated energy testing, empowering manufacturers to meet these requirements efficiently and on time.

“Manufacturers must act now to ensure compliance with the regulations and secure their market access,” emphasizes Marcell Klinkert from the VDE Institute. To support companies with efficient and reliable energy consumption labeling tests and ensure that products meet the required energy efficiency standards, the VDE Institute has initiated a collaboration with SmartViser, a provider of automated testing solutions in the telecommunications sector.

“With Viser Test Automation, we now offer an optimized, automated approach to testing the energy efficiency labeling of smartphones and tablets,” explains Marcell Klinkert from the VDE Institute. This enables the VDE Institute to perform precise, automated energy tests that allow manufacturers to meet the new requirements on schedule.

Gilles Ricordel CEO at SmartViser, added:

“We are excited to partner with VDE Institute to address the increasing demand for energy efficiency testing. Viser Test Automation simplifies the process for labs and manufacturers, enabling a robust and scalable solution to meet regulatory challenges and market needs.”

Supporting Compliance

With the June 2025 energy labelling regulations just passed, manufacturers must act now to ensure compliance and maintain market access. Market Surveillance authorities across Europe need to also be ready to conduct testing. By adopting SmartViser’s Viser Test Automation, the VDE Institute is uniquely positioned to support businesses with efficient, reliable energy labelling testing, ensuring products meet the required energy performance standards.

About SmartViser

SmartViser is a leading telecommunications innovator, recognized for its expertise and commitment to customer-centric solutions. Its flagship test automation suite, viSer, enables OEMs, ODMs, Mobile Operators, MVNOs, Regulators, and telecom service providers to thoroughly test, benchmark, monitor, and measure Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) across devices and networks.

The versatile viSer suite supports both active and passive monitoring on public, private, and mission-critical networks, offering comprehensive connectivity and device performance insights. viSer is device-agnostic, compatible with iOS and Android, and spans all telecom technologies from 2G to 5G, including VoLTE and VoWiFi. It covers numerous use cases, from POLQA voice quality assessments to speed tests, latency, throughput, calls, and network coverage analysis.

SmartViser contributed significantly to the European Union’s Energy Labelling Regulations, ensuring viSer’s compliance with these standards. Beyond automation, SmartViser offers extensive field testing and is an accredited test house for the Altice Group, providing support in over 25 countries. Headquartered in Rennes, France, SmartViser collaborates globally to help customers adopt new technologies faster, reduce costs, and elevate product quality, enabling success in today’s rapidly advancing telecom landscape.

You can find more information about SmartViser and its innovative software on the Web at www.smartviser.com

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About the VDE Institute

The VDE mark is synonymous with safety and quality in electrical devices, components and systems for more than 100 years. The VDE Institute - a subsidiary of the VDE Group - is a worldwide partner for industry customers, business, government authorities, the electrical trade and consumers. More than 100,000 devices per year are subjected to product, quality and safety tests by the VDE Institutes independent testing engineers before they receive the VDE mark. Around the globe, VDE experts monitor more than 7,000 production facilities. Cooperation agreements with more than 50 countries ensure that the tests performed by the VDE Institute are internationally recognized. 200,000 types of products with millions of model variants bear the VDE mark worldwide. The VDE Testing and Certification Institute GmbH, a non-profit organization, employs more than 500 people in Offenbach am Main.

For more information, visit www.vde.com/institute

About VDE

VDE, one of the largest technology organizations in Europe, has been regarded as a synonym for innovation and technological progress for more than 130 years. VDE is the only organization in the world that combines science, standardization, testing, certification, and application consulting under one umbrella. The VDE mark has been synonymous with the highest safety standards and consumer protection for more than 100 years.

Our passion is the advancement of technology, the next generation of engineers and technologists, and lifelong learning and career development “on the job”. Within the VDE network more than 2,000 employees at over 60 locations worldwide, more than 100,000 honorary experts, and around 1,500 companies are dedicated to ensuring a future worth living: networked, digital, electrical. Shaping the e-dialistic future.

The VDE (VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. For more information, visit www.vde.com

Press contact: Jennifer Bounoua, Phone +49 151 14600477, presse@vde.com