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Originally Posted by Ted Todorov
The FCC will keep testing secret for a period of time, if asked to, so there is no reason to make the 3G iPhone public until right before the release.
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From my experience the notion that the FCC will keep testing secret is not accurate.
If the FCC does the testing it is public record from the get go. This is why a few large manufactures are actually certified testers (I doubt Apple is one) and others use private third party testers. That way they can submit the certification paperwork and basically pledge that the product will meet all of the standards necessary without letting competitors know all the specifics of the product. If I recall correctly the paperwork generally has to be submitted 100 days prior to launch.