The long awaited Nokia E55 just hit the FCC. We have all been waiting to hear something about the E55’s release for quite some time now since the phone was supposed to be released in the second quarter of this year. Now half a month into the third quarter of 2009 it is the first time that there is some confirmation that the E55’s will be released soon. The report about the E55 passing FCC is actually the only news related to the E55 release since the announcement of this E Series device.
The news we got were related to the Nokia E55 release and approval, no news yet regarding the yet famous Nokia E72.
So what is the FCC actually and what exactly does it mean when we talk about devices passing through it?
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is an agency of the US government. As the name indicates the FCC is heavily involved into communication devices which are supposed to be released in the US market. Before a device is allowed to be sold in the US it has to pass the FCC which means it has to pass many different kinds of tests related mainly to the hardware. The FCC journalizes every fact related to those tests on their webpage like SAR ratings, used accessories, connectivity tests and much much more which is hardly of use the normal cutomer.
So after a device passes the FCC it means that it will definitely be available on the market soon. But sometimes it can take weeks from passing the FCC and the official release to the open market. There are also cases where a device got through the FCC but never was released because of the cancellation of the device by the manufacturer or other complications.
All in all this just means that we are closer to the E55’s release but it is still unknown how close we actually are.
You can get the whole FCC report here.