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 deeper into the network stack, a burst of experimentation has …

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 program called Measuring Broadband America (MBA). The campaign enlisted thousands …

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 speeds – T-Mobile US was clocked at a median download speed …

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, providing new revenues and a basis for converged service offerings …

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 issues that the wireless industry—and the test segment in particular—has …

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 signal where companies see demand, as well as where their …

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 Tbps, became commercially available in the fall of 2024. A …

‘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 from Spirent Communications’ latest assessment of the state of 5G. …

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 so that it can close on its purchase of the …

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 released iPhone 16 from Apple. The company collected speed and …

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, measurement, monitoring and assurance, which have traditionally been the means …

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 processes. Vecta Labs is one of a number of companies …

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 the system. Perhaps the most common scale of AI autonomy …

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 bride. The understudy. On the back burner. These are some …

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 city during the course of the Olympic and Paralympic games, …

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 view, that translates to two questions around 5G networks: How …

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 reassessed both Wi-Fi and mobile network airport connectivity at more …

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 data performance.  “The kind of problem that a timing issue …

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 private network reliability? Rich McNally, senior director of mobile service …

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 modest increases in orders during the second half of the …

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 cooperative research center. One of the goals of the research …

Spirent’s CEO blames tough market conditions on impact to company’s finances Viavi Solutions has made a bid to acquire Spirent Communications for $1.3 billion, and pending approval by shareholders, the test-industry-changing transaction is expected to close in the second half …

Carriers and network equipment manufacturers have stepped up tests and trials of 5G New Radio Reduced Capability (RedCap) in recent months. Geographically, these tests are taking place around the world, reflecting the global interest in 5G RedCap and the hope …