PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced the HP TS-5530 mobile phone test
platform, a tester that meets the demands of Code Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile
communications cellular phone testing.
The tester is a pre-integrated platform and as such, according to HP,
provides a higher-level starting point for building systems than do instruments and software tools used to develop
systems from scratch.
The TS-5530 incorporates a Windows NT personal computer with digital input/output, phone
power supplies, radio-frequency instrumentation and bus-sharing technology. It is ideal for manufacturers starting up
production or for those who have medium- to low-production volumes, said HP.
A two-up HP TS-5530 tester for
GSM cellular phone testing starts at $60,000 per phone, and the CDMA version is $74,000 per phone. It will be
available in April, said the company.
