Test and Measurement

Laird launches two new antenna products enabling superior performance in very different environments Global technology leader Laird (LRD: London), today launched two new antenna solutions, including an industry first. With applications including …

JDSU has launched a virtualized test solution for software-defined networking environments and virtualized network functions, bringing the functionality of its TrueSpeed solution into the world of SDN. Michael Bangert, product …

What is shakedown testing? Shakedown testing, also known as site acceptance testing, is site testing that occurs when contractors have completed construction and installation work at a network site, but …

Paul Gowans, mobile strategy director for JDSU, talked with RCR Wireless’ Kelly Hill about key takeaways from his session as part of the hetnet track at the LTE North America …

As carrier aggregation begins to be deployed with two component carriers, Anritsu and Keysight Technologies both announced advances this week in the testing of three-component-carrier carrier aggregation, which offers even …

DALLAS – Last month, test and measurement company Anite announced it was acquiring U.S.-based data post-processing and analytics company Xceed for $30 million. At the LTE North America conference in …

The introduction of Carrier Aggregation in LTE Release 10 (LTE Advanced) allows network operators to dramatically improve throughput performance by combining multiple LTE downlink carriers from different frequency bands. In …

Keysight Technologies reported revenue up 8% from a year ago to $762 million, in its first independent financial reporting after being separated from Agilent Technologies at the beginning of November. …

Effective Nov. 3, Keysight began trading as an independent company on the NYSE. Officially a new company with a 75-year legacy, Keysight was founded in 1939 as Hewlett-Packard and then Agilent’s …

Test and measurement companies are expanding their support for specs coming from the MIPI Alliance, which establishes standards for mobile device hardware and software interfaces. Tektronix said it has the …

Interference from both illegal and unintentional signals is a significant problem for mobile service providers, security services and government regulators. For wireless network operators, various issues such as dropped calls, …

Spirent Communications released the latest results from its ongoing analysis of customer experience on LTE networks in the United Kingdom, including new data from a dozen cities. They ranked O2 …

As mobile networks become more heterogeneous in order to support ever-increasing indoor and outdoor capacity needs, testing must take into consideration operators’ infrastructure choices. In advanced wireless networks, that can …

Anite today introduced its latest benchmarking system for mobile networks and devices, which includes quality-of-service and quality-of-experience testing and covers Long Term Evolution, LTE-Advanced, Cat 6 and Voice over LTE …

—Ixia met its revenue guidance but delivered a net loss for the quarter, in the midst of what new CEO Bethany Mayer called a “challenging network equipment spending environment.” Mayer …

Cellular base station installations are changing from the traditional ground or cabinet based radio installations to remote radio head, fiber to the antenna and small cell installations where the radios …

Editor’s Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at test and measurement news to see …

In its first quarterly call since announcing that the company will split into two, JDSU reported revenue up about 1% year-over-year, while it narrowed its losses and exceeded its guidance. JDSU had …

Editor’s Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at test and measurement news to see …

The news that network performance monitoring company NetScout is buying $2.6 billion worth of network testing, monitoring and security assets from international tech and science conglomerate Danaher sets the network-monitoring ecosystem up …

The trickiest part of answering questions regarding which operator provides the “best” wireless service is working around the nuances of geography. One operator could provide stellar service in one market, …

Sunsight Instruments Re-defines Antenna Alignment Market with Introduction of Lighter, Smaller Family of High Quality Alignment Tools New AAT Series provides most accurate antenna alignment tool for Improved Network Performance …

In a small, simple box, Signal Hound has put big capabilities. The small company located in La Center, Washington, has been working for years on designing and manufacturing its line …

PIM, or passive intermodulation, is a type of interference that has become increasingly important to detect and mitigate because LTE networks are particularly sensitive to it. PIM Explained: what is …