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Agilent Technologies will name its spin-off electronic measurement company Keysight Technologies. The separation of the company's test and measurement business is expected in early November. Keysight will be headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., and have about 9,500 employees in 30 countries. Agilent has struggled with profits...

The Wireless Research Center of North Carolina is newly certified as a CTIA Authorized Test Lab – the only one in the state. AT4 Wireless' lab in Herndon, Virginia received the accreditation from CTIA this week as well. Wireless devices on all national cellular networks...

Ixia announced that Vic Alston resigned as its president and CEO after a company audit committee found that he had lied about his credentials. Alston had attended Stanford University as he claimed, but falsely stated that he had received a B.S. and M.S. in...

Anritsu Webinar: Distance-to-PIM™ (DTP) is an important feature to help identify the location of Passive Intermodulation (PIM) faults both inside the feed system as well as beyond the antenna.  When used correctly, this feature will help technicians quickly and efficiently locate PIM sources at a...

Agilent Technologies has added new functionality and options to its M9703A AXIe eight-channel wideband digital receiver/digitizer (pictured at right), which is used for measurements in communications and the aerospace/defense industry. The equipment is designed for wide analysis bandwidth on up to 40 phase-coherent channels,...

LTE Field Testing - New Challenges with Noise-Limited LTE Macro and Small Cell Networks  What makes LTE networks unique in terms of design, deployment and acceptance of networks?  How have carriers and suppliers changed the way they deploy, maintain and troubleshoot next-generation LTE and heterogeneous...

LTE Field Testing: New Challenges with Noise-Limited LTE Macro and Small Cell Networks: What makes LTE networks unique in terms of design, deployment and acceptance of networks?  How have carriers and suppliers changed the way they deploy, maintain and troubleshoot next-generation LTE and heterogeneous networks? ...

Test equipment company Anritsu announced that its equipment now supports TD-LTE carrier aggregation (CA) testing, claiming the slot as the first LTE network simulator that supports CA for Time Division Duplex (TDD) Long Term Evolution, the variant favored by operators such as China Mobile. The...

Subzero temperatures, subway dwellers, and airborne rattlesnakes were among the challenges that tower climbers have shared with Anritsu as part of the company's 2013 Toughest Site Competition. The test and measurement equipment maker has held the contest for four years to highlight the harsh...

With LTE networks now a growing commercial reality, migrating traditional voice services to LTE becomes ever more pressing. GSMA IR.92 – IMS Profile for Voice and SMS – clears the way for a global solution but also introduces functional, performance, and quality challenges. Meeting...

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 Device Test Platform with validated protocol conformance test cases for TD-LTE, including interoperability tests. TD-LTE...

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 handheld instruments allow technicians to stay on the ground while conducting field measurements like...

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 was announced this week, when Qualcomm revealed that its Snapdragon chip is powering the...

Have you ever hunted for interference? Have you ever wished for better tools to help the process? Join us for an overview of the interference hunting process for cellular networks using a handheld direction finding system. Watch the Anritsu Webinar to learn better tools and...

Anite 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 to the test cases being included in both the Global Certification Forum and the...

Anritsu 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 of LTE-Advanced, and allows wireless operators to make more efficient use of their spectrum. The...

The Optical Fiber Communications Conference this week was a chance for test and measurement companies to share their wares related to testing the wired portions of communications networks. Anritsu's equipment was used in demos by Mindspeed Technologies, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Kotura, and Semtech Corp. Anritsu also revised...

Modern tracking generators deliver a convenient way to test the performance of two port components. In this webinar you will discover when you need to normalize a measurement and when you don’t. The need for wide dynamic range will be shown and advanced topics will...

The network test and measurement space is busily supporting wireless operators as they transition to LTE networks and advanced wireless services. RCR Wireless News' Kelly Hill is tracking this space in a weekly look at analysis, trends and new products in test and measurement.  National...

Whether or not you attended Mobile World Congress 2013, we hope that you will find our collection of CEO, President and CTO videos informative. This year's coverage of Mobile World Congress was supported by Anrtisu (check out Anritsu's page on RCR Wireless News).                           

QRC Technologies launched a wide-band transcorder this week, which it describes as a self-contained radio frequency recording and playback system designed to allow technicians to record network conditions in the field and transport or e-mail the information for troubleshooting. QRC is aiming the product at...

Modern tracking generators deliver a convenient way to test the performance of two port components. In this webinar you will discover when you need to normalize a measurement and when you don’t. The need for wide dynamic range will be shown and advanced topics...

Welcome to RCR's weekly wrap-up of news in the network test and measurement space, including trends, analysis and product announcements. Anritsu Co. landed a catch this week when AT4 wireless Group announced that it was investing in the company’s test equipment for 3G and LTE...

Amid increased demand for test and measurement equipment for LTE networks, three companies in the testing space reported solid results. National Instruments announced record annual and quarterly income for the fourth quarter of 2012. Revenue for the quarter was $300 million, up eight percent year-over-year...