NI revenues were $321 million, up 5% year-over-year
National Instruments had strong revenue growth in its third quarter, with revenues up 5% year-over-year to a its best-ever number $321 million -- and expects similarly strong earnings next quarter.
Net income was $33 million, including $1...
New 5G testing and research opportunities announced this week from Deutsche Telekom and the U.K. government
It was a notable week in 5G testing, with Qualcomm and Keysight Technologies claiming the first connection of a 5G modem at 28 GHz, using Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G modem...
The testing and measurement of radio frequency signals is a multi-million dollar business that relies on versatile hardware and sophisticated software. Now unmanned aerial vehicles, aka drones, are set to become an important part of the RF measurement industry. A U.S. startup called RDF...
The U.K. government is launching a 5G testbed and trial competition as part of its efforts to jumpstart new technology development in the country, with nearly $33 million available in the nationwide contest.
Proposals for 5G testbeds and trials can receive grant funding up to...
EXFO struck a deal to acquire the rest of French network visibility company Astellia and reported financial results reflecting a rise in sales of 4.6% year-over-year, although EXFO's profits were down.
Sales for the fiscal fourth quarter were up slightly, from $62.9 million in the...
Company reports damage from Santa Rosa wildfires
The corporate headquarters of test company Keysight Technologies is shut down and suffered minor damage in the wildfires that have wiped out parts of Santa Rosa, California.
Although a local news report claimed that the campus had been...
New RF SOC to support 5G, DOCSIS 3.1, test applications
Xilinx aims to support the ongoing evolution across both wired and wireless networks with its new radio frequency system-on-chip release. The company said it is is already shipping samples to customers who are working on...
5G, the internet of things, machine learning and vehicle electrification are among the major technology and test trends that will shape the industry in 2018, according to National Instruments' new Trend Watch 2018 report.
NI identified 5G as a disruptor to traditional test processes...
While the technologies that will constitute 5G are still being worked on, the ITU-R has identified three main usage scenarios for 5G: Enhanced mobile broadband with up to 20 Gbps peak data rate, massive machine-type communications, and ultra-reliable and low latency communications. To meet...
Learn how remote spectrum monitors from Anritsu can save time, money and company resources
Consumer data use, particularly mobile video, is growing at a remarkable pace with no signs slowing, which is prompting carriers to continually invest in network densification while navigating the pressure to...
New World Quality Report underscores need for intelligent test automation and smart analytics
Testing teams are challenged by a decrease in annual testing budgets and an increase in agile and DevOps methodologies, according to the 2017-18 World Quality Report published by technology consulting firm Capgemini...
Both Cadillac and Daimler Trucks are putting new connected vehicle technologies to the test on U.S. roads.
Cadillac has a dozen vehicles on the road that began a journey from New York City to California this week. The CT6 models have "Super Cruise," a hands-free highway driving system...
Epitiro was part of Spirent for about two years
User experience testing company Epitiro is returning to independence with a new portfolio focused on wireless convergence between Wi-Fi and cellular technologies.
Epitiro, based in Frederick, Md., is freshly spun out of Spirent Communications after a...
Ixia says its cloud visibility offering is the first to support all major public cloud platforms
Ixia has added support for additional major public cloud platforms to its CloudLens software-as-a-service cloud visibility solution, and says that its offering is the first to offer end-to-end visibility...
New company operates under Sandvine name
The deal to merge Procera Networks and Sandvine has officially been completed, and the company is now operating under the Sandvine brand as a freshly combined business that reaches more than 200 tier one service providers and more than...
Connected and autonomous vehicles represent a growing opportunity for the test industry, according to recent reports from Frost & Sullivan. The analyst firm has estimated that the test equipment market for passenger vehicle automotive telematics testing is going to rise at a compound annual...
STIR/SHAKEN testing through ATIS testbed aims to improve authentication
If there's one call everyone hates, it's a robocall. Unwanted, auto-dialed spam calls to mobile phones -- perhaps with a spoofed caller identification number, so that the recipient thinks they are receiving a local call and...
Telecommunications networks are dynamic systems in a constant state of flux. Service providers are rapidly investing in wired and wireless systems to expand coverage and deliver better experience to consumer and enterprise end users. The current climate is marked by the evolution from LTE...
Goal is to allow operators embracing SDN and NFV to reduce costs and speed-up development of new businesses
HONG KONG--Huawei has released a new solution designed for SDN/NFV testing dubbed TestCraft at the company’s Operations Transformation Forum 2017, which takes place in Hong Kong this...
The internet of things and "5G" dominated the conversations at Mobile World Congress Americas this week, and test and measurement vendors were eager to spotlight their support for network and device support of those technologies at MWCA.
Keysight Technologies focused on 5G test software, touting...
This paper addresses LTE radio performance in the 3.5 GHz band and how it compares with TDD band 40 (2300-2400 MHz). Experiments have been carried out for throughput Range versus Rate, CQI variation, MCS distribution, and SINR on different path loss. Based on these...
New survey shows high levels of interest, intent to leverage 5G
A new survey shows that almost 100 percent of the organizations surveyed intend to leverage "5G" wireless technologies, with plans to evaluate and/or roll out 5G capabilities in the next 12 months -- and...
In its second deal in two weeks, test company EXFO said that it has signed an agreement to purchase French optical test equipment supplier Yenista Optics, which serves the high-end lab and manufacturing markets.
Details of the acquisition were not disclosed, although EXFO said it...
