Mouser Electronics receives 1st AS6496 Accreditation on anti-counterfeit measures - ITREALMS

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Leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor, the Mouser Electronics, Incorporated, has received accreditation to AS6496, making it the industry’s first authorized distributor with the aerospace industry’s high standard for anti-counterfeit measures in authorized electronic component distribution, reports ITREALMS.

Mouser, ITREALMS gathered received this accreditation from the Performance Review Institute (PRI), as part of the Counterfeit Avoidance Accreditation Program (CAAP).

The CAAP audit was based on audit criteria (AC7403) created jointly by PRI, the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) and aerospace OEM representatives.

The AS6496 aerospace standard sets requirements for the avoidance, detection, mitigation and disposition of counterfeit products in the authorized distribution supply chain. This international standard requires authorized distributors to have a counterfeit mitigation policy and a counterfeit electronics parts control plan. AS6496 is geared for all industries and individuals looking to reduce the risk of counterfeit electronic parts entering the supply chain.

“By becoming accredited to AS6496, Mouser demonstrates that we are committed to providing customers with only authorized, genuine components,” said Chuck Amsden, Mouser Electronics’ Vice President of Quality. “At Mouser, we can provide full traceability to the manufacturer on everything we sell. From sales to shipping, Mouser is committed to providing our customers with the right product, on time, every time. Our mission is to be the source most preferred by engineers and buyers to design, prototype, test and manufacture electronics.”

Mouser is also registered to AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, and ANSI/ESD S20.20-2014, the industry’s gold standards for quality, control, and electrostatic discharge (ESD). Registration to these standards lets customers know that Mouser is an authorized distributor of the highest quality components by providing traceability, risk management, process control, customer support, product availability and document control.

Ayo Midele/GEE

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Africa ranks 3rd in ALS accreditation in 13 years

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In over a decade of accreditation for the At-Large Structures (ALS) by the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC, Africa recorded 42 and third in the category, reports ITRealms.

This 42 is coming out of the world five regions, just as Latin America and the Carribbean Islands, topped the ranking with 50 ALS within the period under review.

Also coming second is the Asia Pacific with 44 ALSes, while Europe recorded 37 and North America 27.

This, ITRealms reports is an average of 14 ALSes each year.

Although, it was gathered that an estimated 33 per cent of ALSes are Internet Society Chapters from across the globe.

ITRealms recalls that since September 2003 when the first ALS, the Internet Society Italy Chapter, the At-Large Community has seen a steady increase of ALSes.

ALS is a wholly independent organization from ICANN, whether it is an Internet-related consumer rights groups or an academic organization, ALSes share the passion in furthering the development of Information and Communication Technologies and contributing to policy activities that influence the technical coordination of the Domain Name Systems.

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Upperlink becomes ICANN registrar

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Finally, the Nigeria’s internet industry received a boost as the global internet body, Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers [ICANN] announced the accreditation of Nigeria’s leading registrar, Upperlink, reports ITRealms.

Upperlink is first Nigerian registrar and eighth accredited registrar on the content of Africa by ICANN, just as the new status, would avail Upperlink to serve Nigerian and international markets comfortably.

Upperlink’s core areas are in internet and mobile applications, software development and deployment, database management, systems integration and cloud solutions.

As the leading Nigeria Internet Registration Association [NIRA]’s registrar, Upperlink is in the forefront of registrars spearheading the migration of Nigerian companies from .com to the .ng domain name, which is Nigeria's Country Code Top Level Domain.

The Managing Director and chief executive officer (CEO), UpperLink, Mr Segun Akano, said the .ng domain “is a shorter and unique domain.”

As ICANN registrar, he said, Upperlink would offer Nigerians opportunities to register any domain name extension such as .com, .org, .net etc at affordable prices locally.

Upperlink’s accreditation follows a similar exercise that was achieved in Ghana, Senegal and South Africa.

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