First national test of presidential alerts to mobile phones to be conducted this week
A new emergency alert category will be tested nationally for the first time this week.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct the first national test of...
Test trends at MWCA were dominated by 5G
It was a busy week for test companies at Mobile World Congress Americas, and while one subject -- 5G testing -- dominated the demos, it wasn't the only area of focus.
The three big test trends from MWCA...
Spirent says operators in the U.S. and Mexico are accelerating network automation
Spirent Communications says it is supporting an accelerated expansion of network automation by multiple, unnamed "top North American mobile operators" in the U.S. and Mexico.
Spirent said that the expansion comes on top of...
GWS says recent U.S. mobile network testing is its most-comprehensive ever
AT&T was rated the best mobile network, in what benchmarking company Global Wireless Solutions is calling its most comprehensive U.S. testing program to date. Verizon was ranked second; T-Mobile US came in third; and...
Massive MIMO (mMIMO) and beamforming are buzzwords widely used in the telecom industry when referring to 5G and latest advancements of LTE. The challenge is that MIMO comes in many different variants, some of them having been in use already for years in legacy...
P3 dives into network speed comparisons
Verizon users are able to achieve the fastest average and top network speeds most often, according to analysis by benchmarking company P3 -- but Sprint had a strong showing in average experienced network speeds.
P3 took a detailed look at...
The new facilities will be located in Washington DC, Palo Alto, Waltham and Los Angeles
Verizon will open four new 5G Labs this year, with the aim of accelerating the development of 5G use cases.
The carrier said that the new 5G Labs – to be...
Millimeter wave calls compliant with 5G New Radio standard
Testing out millimeter wave transmission compliant with 3GPP's 5G NR specification, infrastructure vendors Nokia and Ericsson, along with partners, both claimed firsts as it relates to establishing standard-based, over-the-air links.
Nokia worked with Verizon, using the operator's...
Call it network management or call it throttling -- but no matter which term you prefer, new research says that video is being targeted for slowing by mobile network operators.
First reported by Bloomberg, wireless researchers using Wehe, an app meant to help users suss...
OpenSignal data analysis showed that AT&T went from fourth to first in network latency
Although AT&T wasn't a big winner in LTE speed or availability in its most recent assessment of U.S. mobile network data speeds, the carrier made notable improvements in the latency of...
PCTel looks forward to 5G, re-organizes leadership
GERMANTOWN, Maryland --PCTel is bringing its antenna and test segments into a single business unit -- not all that unlike the end-to-end set-up at its facility in Germantown, Maryland.
Inside a brick building in a tree-lined office park, PCTel's...
The role of AI in transforming network operations management
The deployment of 5G will see a massive increase in radio sites as operators densify networks to support incredible concentrations of devices and dramatic increases in throughput. At the same time, 5G will support a huge...
Keysight's communication solutions group sees largest growth
Keysight Technologies saw its revenues rise 21% year-over-year to hit a record of $1 billion for the quarter, the company reported, with the strongest growth in its Communication Solutions Group. Keysight earned $832 million during the same period last...
Sprint cites Ookla's speed test data analysis; testing by P3
Sprint is touting its network upgrades and improved data performance in the New York City metro area, based on Ookla's device-based Speedtest Intelligence data that relies on consumer-initiated cellular network tests, as well as testing...
Cellular technologies have advanced from first generation (1G) analog technologies to advanced high performance fourth generation (4G) and fifth generation (5G) systems in just four decades. Despite the increase in complexity of wireless standards and devices, cellular technologies maintain a set of common principles...
Mobility Fund II challenge period extended through Nov. 26
The Federal Communications Commission has officially given rural wireless operators additional time to file challenges to the FCC's current mobile network coverage maps. Challengers can now submit data through November 26.
Those maps will determine where up...
Indoor and outdoor network densification adding complexity to test, measurement and monitoring
As operators around the world enhance and densify LTE networks while starting the task of building out 5G networks, small cells are a key technological enabler in adding mobile capacity and coverage through...
Keysight’s solutions allow users to validate the protocol signaling and radio frequency performance of 5G New Radio mobile devices in a laboratory environment
Keysight Technologies has extended its collaboration with Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo by providing its 5G network emulation solutions for validating new 5G...
Vehicle-based 5G NR call mobility testing is a first, Verizon says
Verizon and Nokia have successfully tested a 5G New Radio call in a vehicle moving between two sectors, the two companies said. Verizon described the testing as "the first successful transmission of a 3GPP New...
Surveys in the U.S. and U.K. put snapping pictures just behind voice calls as most popular use of smartphones, GWS finds
What do snapping pictures of meals, co-workers and cats have in common? People use their smartphones to do it and rank picture-taking as the...
RootMetrics tests tech hubs' mobile coverage
The top technology-hub cities with the best mobile coverage are Washington, D.C. and Seattle, Washington, according to the latest testing from RootMetrics.
As part of the data analysis from the network benchmarking firm's its latest round of testing of 125...
Keysight acquires Thales Calibration Services
Keysight Technologies has purchased Melbourne-based Thales Calibration Services and says the buy means that Keysight is now the largest calibration and support services organization in Australia.
Keysight said that the Thales commercial calibration facility is "the largest commercial non-electronic metrology lab...
As quarterly results continue to roll in for test companies, Wireless Telecom Group saw its net revenues rise 12% in the second quarter, compared to its performance during the same period last year.
WTG reported net revenues of $13.4 million for the quarter. The company...
VMware bolsters its position in CSP service assurance with agreement to buy Dell EMC's service assurance suite, team
VMware has agreed to buy Dell EMC's service assurance software for network performance monitoring and root-cause analysis in communications service provider networks, saying that the capabilities will...
