BROWSING: Keysight Technologies

Both vendors have announced progress with IoT testing solutions Test equipment vendors are wasting no time in readying their solutions to support the low-power wide area connectivity technologies that enable the internet of things. Anritsu says it is the first test company to earn global certification...

Keysight's $1.6 billion purchase of Ixia is already bearing fruit. The combined company has announced a new emulation system that it says is the first in the industry to provide simultaneous cellular and Wi-Fi testing. "User experience testing in mobile devices requires evaluation of...

Semiconductor test market expected to reach more than $20 billion by 2021 According to a new report from TechNavio, the semiconductor test space is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of almost 6% over the next few years, and reach $20.46 billion by...

Keysight, Anritsu boost 5G testing support "5G" testing support continues to ramp up, as vendors seek to support research, development and early field trials of pre-standard 5G. This week, Anritsu launched a new spectrum analyzer with 5G testing capabilities including wideband test, its MS2805A. The analyzer can...

Keysight acquisition presents a new path for Ixia Almost three years after Bethany Mayer took the helm at Ixia, the company has been acquired by Keysight Technologies. The $1.6 billion transaction closed in April, and now the former Ixia CEO will be using her experience...

Keysight, Qualcomm will collaborate on testing 5G chips Qualcomm Technologies will use Keysight Technologies' test equipment and design tools to develop "5G" chips. The two companies announced a collaboration this week on 5G chipset development. Qualcomm will be utilizing Keysight offerings such as its network...

Embedded systems are set to connect more and more devices to the internet, and the testing of these systems represents a new opportunity for makers of wireless test equipment. Keysight Technologies recently said its narrowband IoT RF performance test solution was selected by RDA Microelectronics,...

Benchmarking company P3 Communications has been busy of late, expanding its operations and partnerships with companies such as InfoVista, and has received a few shout-outs on its testing during recent results calls from wireless operators. During the recent 5G North America, P3 Communications CEO Dirk Bernhardt...

Network benchmarking company P3 Group and network performance solution company InfoVista announced a partnership this week to provide global mobile network benchmarking services, combining P3's measurement capabilities with InfoVista's recently acquired TEMS solutions for network monitoring, testing and optimization. InfoVista bought TEMS from Ascom in...

IoT testing takes center stage as China Telecom looks to deploy a nationwide IoT network. U.S. firm Keysight Technologies announced its cellular-based internet of things testing solution was selected by China Telecom to help accelerate its narrowband IoT chipset and module certification process. Based...

Networks are expanding in multiple dimensions -- and that means that potential vulnerabilities are as well, according to a new report from Ixia. Attack surfaces are increasing in step with "the growth in IT complexity in three specific dimensions: (1) the number of data locations where...

With major "5G" development news coming out of this week's Mobile World Congress event, test company Keysight Technologies is enjoying the spotlight as a major partner in 5G research and development. Keysight said it's collaborating with ZTE on predeployment 5G plans in China, as well...

In the first major test acquisition of the year, pure-play testing company Keysight Technologies will purchase network visibility and testing company Ixia for $1.6 billion. The move will boost Keysight's position in software-centric test offerings as well as expand its portfolio into new parts of the network...

Keysight Technologies reported flat year-over-year revenues in the most recent quarter, but delivered at the high end of its guidance to Wall Street. Revenues were $751 million for Keysight's fiscal fourth quarter, compared to $750 million during the same period last year. Keysight President and CEO...

What goes into making IoT devices successful? RCR Wireless News spoke with Kailash Narayanan, VP and GM at Keysight Technologies, for his perspective on critical components for the success of "internet of things" devices in either the consumer or industrial spaces. According to Narayanan, the key...

The ecosystem support for testing internet of things devices is expanding, with a number of recent announcements related to IoT testing. Test lab group SGS is addressing the new for new test chamber capabilities for large form-factor "things" in the IoT -- it recently opened a...

Anritsu launched a smartphone-sized, USB-powered millimeter wave power analyzer for radio frequency power within the range from 9 kilohertz to 70 gigahertz. The company said the new Power Master MA24507A is the world's first frequency selectable radio frequency power analyzer and can be used for testing 802.11ad and E-band...

Test companies are focusing on the next generation of wireless and wired network technologies at upcoming events this month, highlighting new testing capabilities that support research and development in both "5G" and 400G networks. Rohde & Schwarz is highlighting new 5G testing products at CTIA's...

Test companies are reporting a generally strong quarter in financial results thus far, with test-related revenues showing significant growth. Keysight Technologies' revenues were up 7% year-over-year to $715 million, with net income up to $91 million from $70 million during the same period last year....

Keysight Technologies has given some insight into how it will carry out its commitment to the new White House initiative on "5G" development, which will include both its hardware and software as well as participation of its technology experts. The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research...

17 companies set to partner with the U.S. government for R&D The Obama administration announced new funding and private-sector partnerships for wireless research to build on the Federal Communication Commission's approval of high-band spectrum for the development of "5G" services. The $400 million initiative will be...

Rohde & Schwarz says it has achieved the first validation of RF conformance for LTE-Advanced Pro with 64 quadrature amplitude modulation and carrier aggregation in the uplink, claimed to enable maximum uplink data speeds of 150 megabits per second. The validation came out of...

Results are coming in for the first quarter of the year, and network testing and monitoring companies seem to be facing a relatively weak quarter overall. NetScout reported that its fiscal fourth quarter resulted in revenues of $285.9 million, about 68% of which was product revenue...

Network testing vendors focused this week on preparing for more widespread 100 gigabit telecommunications networks as part of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, California. EXFO unveiled a new lab solution for design, development and deployment testing of next-generation fiber networks. The LTB-8...