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Test and Measurement: Anite inks testing deal with Deutsche Telekom

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— Anite announced this week that it has signed a multiyear deal with Deutsche Telekom to extend its relationship for device testing. DT uses SAS, Anite’s device interoperability testing solution for assessing features such as voice quality, call rejection and roaming scenarios.

— InfoVista launched its Xeus Pro 5 for network planning and optimization, the latest version of its call trace-based radio frequency optimization solution for examining quality of service, quality of experience and troubleshooting network issues. InfoVista said that Xeus Pro 5 makes it easier to identify root causes and that it eliminates the need to search across disparate data sources for troubleshooting and analysis purposes.

Teradyne reported 2014 revenue up 15%, and said that its share of the wireless test market grew between 2% and 3% this year over last year. The company’s biggest market share growth was in memory testing, which Teradyne said was up 3-5 percentage points from 2013. Teradyne operates in the semiconductor testing and memory testing arenas as well as its LitePoint testing for wireless device development and production, including cellular and near-field communications testing (NFC). Teradyne acquired LitePoint in 2011.

President and CEO Mark Jagiela said during a presentation to investors that the company has an “active pipeline of opportunities” for mergers and acquisitions.

Teradyne said that its orders were up 1% year-over-year to $273 million, with total company sales of $478 million, up from $433 million during the third quarter of last year.

— Keysight Technologies has introduced a baseband exploration library with source code for reference signal processing models for 5G that relies on Keysight’s SystemVue simulation platform.

The company also has a new method of implementation document for the physical layer MIPI Alliance standards for protocol conformance testing of interfaces for cameras and displays on mobile devices.

Rohde & Schwarz demonstrated a test set-up for future 5G millimeter wave applications at the 5G Global Summit this week in South Korea. Keysight is also emphasizing its support for 5G development in the Asia-Pacific, with news this week that it is sponsoring the newly opened Beyond 4G MIMO Lab, which is part of the High-Speed Radio Frequency and mmWave Center at National Taiwan University; as well as joining the B4G/5G Technology Forum.

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Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
Kelly reports on network test and measurement, as well as the use of big data and analytics. She first covered the wireless industry for RCR Wireless News in 2005, focusing on carriers and mobile virtual network operators, then took a few years’ hiatus and returned to RCR Wireless News to write about heterogeneous networks and network infrastructure. Kelly is an Ohio native with a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on science writing and multimedia. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian and The Canton Repository. Follow her on Twitter: @khillrcr