Anritsu has received confirmation from the Global Certification Forum of protocol test cases for LTE-Advanced, and the company is aiming at the test market for China with its ME7834 Mobile …
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Cell towers are starting to reap the benefits of the technology they enable, thanks to new software developed by test and measurement leader Anritsu. Anritsu’s wireless remote tools for its …
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Test and measurement company Anite plc announced its final results for its fiscal year, along with the news that it is acquiring one of its distributors, Genentel SAS. Genentel distributes …
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Carrier aggregation is picking up speed. Several test companies have now announced submissions for validation and other testing for the eagerly anticipated LTE-Advanced feature. The first LTE-A device supporting CA …
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Test & Measurement: Anite furthers carrier aggregation testing; small cell plugfest
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAnite says it has submitted the first LTE carrier aggregation (CA) protocol test cases for verification to 3GPP’s RAN Working Group 5 (RAN5), key step toward validation that would lead …
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Test & Measurement: NI on load pull, Ruckus and Globalstar test new spectrum for Wi-Fi
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillWelcome to this week’s look at news in network test & measurement. Ixia was named among the fastest-growing U.S tech companies by Forbes Magazine. The company came in at #14 …
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Mobile operators are looking for ways to provide a remarkable and differentiated user experience. Maintaining an accurate frequency and phase synchronization between radio access and mobile core network is an easy …
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Test & Measurement: Agilent expands in Vietnam; mobile app testing update
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAgilent Technologies opened two new offices in Vietnam, in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This comes even as the company announced a 2% cut in its global workforce (about …
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Telecom analytics is one of the most exciting areas in the wireless business. In a very competitive environment, carriers have to give a deeper look at how they manage all …
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Test & Measurement: ‘4G’ devices, HD voice, VoLTE testing from CTIA 2013
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillMicrowave Vision Group launched a new antenna measurement test system for “4G” devices, with up to three-times faster measurement capabilities and a broader dynamic range in passive antenna measurement mode. …
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CTIA 2013: Test and measurement advances with carrier aggregation, RAN virtual probes
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAnritsu Co. is giving the first ever single-instrument radio frequency testing of carrier aggregation at CTIA 2013, the company said. Carrier aggregation is one of the most highly anticipated features …
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Test & Measurement: Streamlining LTE certification; Agilent dominates market
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe Global Certification Forum and the CDMA Certification Forum announced that they are working together to offer a single certification process for mobile devices that incorporate any combination of 3GPP …
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Agilent Technologies (A) reported flat net revenues and a 35% year-over-year drop in net income for its second fiscal quarter ending April 30, and announced a restructuring program that will …
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Ixia announced new products for validating and testing the resiliency of enterprise networks, including the ability to simulate a data center rack of virtualized servers. The company’s new RackSim is …
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Test & Measurement: New flagship tester from R&S; Agilent automates VoLTE tests for Verizon
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillRohde & Schwarz has launched a new flagship test product, the R&S SMW200A high-end vector signal generator. The box combines a baseband generator, RF generator and MIMO fading simulator, with …
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National Technical Systems reports record quarter; Ixia has ‘solid start’
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNational Technical Systems, which provides testing and engineering services to the telecom industry among others, had a record quarter of growth. Revenues were up almost 19% to $184.5 million for …
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As part of quarterly results, we’re getting a few different takes on the market this week. Texas Instruments’ results came in at the high end of its guidance, with first …
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LTE-Advanced will be here sooner than you think, according to test equipment company Anite. According to comments from Paul Beaver, products director at Anite,”With LTE-A, services and applications such as …
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Feature Report: Regulatory Review: Regulations continue to shape wireless industry
by Jarad Matulaby Jarad MatulaRCR Wireless takes a look at the regulatory challenges facing the wireless industry, including spectrum issues, potential for additional spectrum auctions, regulations on the second-hand spectrum market, M&A regulations and …
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Test & Measurement: Agilent does Chinese OTA LTE testing; TI opens teaching lab
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillWelcome to this week’s round-up of news, products, and analysis in the network test and measurement space. Chinese test system provider Tri-L Solutions integrated Agilent Technologies‘ PXT wireless communications test …
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Recent performance testing on LTE chipsets by Spirent Communications revealed some interesting results: the top performer wasn’t market leader Qualcomm, but Intel. Rather than focus solely on conformance testing, the …
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Anite‘s test solutions for 2G, 3G and LTE conformance and interoperability testing will be used in CanvasM Technologies’ new test lab in New Jersey. CanvasM is a subsidiary of India-based …
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A new partnership helps enterprise IT departments do some of their own radio frequency testing to find interference sources in corporate WLANs. Bandspeed announced this week that its AirMaestro radio …
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It’s no secret that the future of the enterprise network lies with wireless, especially as computing technology aggressively and constantly expands on a mobile level. But, to support the mobile device …
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White Paper: The International Roaming Problem: How to Balance Cost, Connectivity, and Security Concerns
by jozolsby jozolsInternational communication doesn’t have to be complex. In this white paper, you’ll discover the challenges organizations with international travelers face to strike an appropriate balance between ease of use for …