network testing

Service assurance is officially graduating from an era of dashboards, tickets, and engineers scrambling to find what’s gone wrong to swift root cause analysis and proactive fixes As AI moves …

Ongoing tests will ensure broadband networks are performing as promised and public investments are paying off Between 2011 and 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ran an in-home broadband measurement …

BSNL delayed its 5G plans chiefly due to the Indian government’s push to develop indigenous 4G technology In sum – what to know: 5G rollout in Delhi and Mumbai by …

Ookla’s network testing report for the first half of 2025 reveals strong tailwinds for T-Mo in mobile, but AT&T shines in wireline In sum – what to know: T-Mobile’s stunning …

Challenges in Open RAN testing include inconsistent output from OTICs, according to industry experts It has been nearly a decade since the telecom industry began its concerted push toward Open …

FWA services have been a success. What has that meant for testing? One clear success for 5G thus far has been the emergence of 5G Fixed Wireless Access broadband services, …

What do modern network test and assurance tools and strategies need to look like, to satisfy operator needs and provide a positive user experience? Complexity is one of the fundamental …

What has testing M&A activity centered on since 2023? The test and measurement space has seen bursts of testing M&A activity over the past several years. The acquisitions or divestments …

Telstra, KT, Verizon and Telia Norway are among the CSPs who have conducted 1.6 TB tests Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optical transceiver, which supports network speeds up to 1.6 …

‘Telecom is poised to deliver the true capabilities of 5G,’ new Spirent 5G report says On the verge of value and game-changing innovation, but not quite there yet—that’s the message …

Spirent acquisition by Keysight still on track to close by April 2025 Keysight Technologies is working on divesting some of Spirent Communications’ business segments, in order to satisfy regulatory requirements …

The iPhone 16 is fastest 5G iPhone yet in five out of 11 countries, Ookla says Ookla wasted no time in diving into data around the performance of the newly …

AI and its older sibling, machine learning, have been around and in development in telecom networks for many years now. This is particularly true among the tools of network testing, …

As mobile network operators operate under increasingly strict capital and operating budgets, they are not only seeking greater efficiencies, they are looking at smarter tools for highly manual and expensive …

There are a number of ways of classifying the phase of development or capabilities of a particular type of artificial intelligence, with a focus on the level of autonomy of …

In testing on T-Mobile US’ 5G Standalone network in Seattle, SRG quantified the impact of three 5G SA uplink features that are becoming more widespread Always the bridesmaid, never the …

Paris 5G coverage is extensive—but Ookla found a few holes With the start of the Paris Olympics just days away and more than 15 million people expected to visit the …

Recent drive-testing in the Washington, DC area confirmed its algorithms’ accuracy, SmartCIC says Monetization of 5G is one of the most pressing issues facing the telecom industry. In Toby Forman’s …

Wi-Fi is fast, but mobile networks are even faster: Ookla Airports are notorious for the intensity and density of data usage. Just as summer travel is ramping up, Ookla has …

Timing and synchronization are crucial to customer experience, because timing & sync errors in 5G TDD networks can severely degrade a site’s ability to provide consistent call quality and good …

Enterprises report that one of their top reasons for considering and implementing private networks is in pursuit of better network reliability. But how do you achieve the expected level of …

Test company beat its own guidance but numbers were generally down year-on-year Keysight Technologies beat its own guidance for its fiscal second quarter and expects revenues to be stable with …

Viavi Solutions this week highlighted progress in its 6G Forward research program and the evolution of its support for Northeastern University’s Institute for Wireless Internet of Things and the Open6G …