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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) has released a new specification that includes channel-sounding capabilities with "true distance...
Microwave Vision Group, or MVG, has integrated Anritsu's Radio Communication Test Station MT8000AÂ into its ComoSAR system, covering 5G New Radio frequencies below 7.125 GHz.
The integration enables Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) measurements for 5G-capable devices using Anritsu's radio communication tester, the test company explained,...
Rural PAWR testbed has quadrupled its reach since launch last year
The rural testbed of the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office has quadrupled its coverage area in the past year as part of its second phase of operations, as well as adding new research...
A longtime smart technology incubator, the city of Peachtree Corners in Georgia is getting a new smart lighting deployment from Israel-based company Juganu, which promises to provide energy-efficient lighting, environmental sensors, edge computing and free public Wi-Fi.
This is Juganu’s first full smart city...
Keysight Technologies reported revenue and earnings above its guidance for the most recent quarter, and indicated that things look good for improvements in the second half and a "gradual" recovery in 2025.
Revenues were down, but less than expected: From $1.38 billion in the...
DoCoMo reported being able to reduce paging signal congestion by 15% at peak calling times
Japanese mobile network operator NTT DoCoMo has tested a hybrid quantum-computing-based network optimization approach from D-Wave Quantum, and plans to deploy the solution at its branch offices over the coming...
Frequency Range 3 is between 7.125 GHz-24.25 GHz
With help from Keysight Technologies, Qualcomm Technologies has established what is claimed to be the industry's first end-to-end interoperability and data connection in Frequency Range 3 spectrum.
3GPP's Frequency Range 3 falls between 7.125-24.25 GHz. Frequency Range 1...
Pending acquisition by Keysight slowed customer orders in the first half, Spirent says
Spirent Communications saw a continued slide in its financial performance during the first half of this year, which the company said was a combination of the ongoing telecom slowdown as well as...
After a decade of serving as chief operating officer and part of the executive board of Rohde & Schwarz, Peter Riedel (pictured below) is retiring from the company, citing personal reasons. Riedel, who took the COO role in 2014, will maintain a role...
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 of the ways that Signals...
Rohde & Schwarz said this week that its longterm partner, Calian, is going to take over the R&S DOCSIS portfolio.
Calian has been Rohde's partner since mid-2011 and the two companies jointly developed DOCSIS test and measurement solutions; the company specializes in radio frequency...
Vecta Labs said this week that it recently finished a successful trial of AI-driven RF interference hunting in Miami, FL with a Tier 1 operator.
The company, founded in 2014, specializes in manufacturing and testing mobile radio frequency devices including antennas, as well as in...
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, Ookla assessed the mobile network...
Ansys said that it is collaborating with Supermicro and Nvidia for highly sophisticated, multi-physics simulation solutions that will support larger and more complicated models for applications like 5G/6G antennas, automotive aerodynamics and crash testing, and more.
"Turnkey, customized hardware solutions with central processing units (CPUs),...
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 can carriers monetize their investments...
Signals Research Group report dives into 5G gaming with comparisons of 5G NSA, SA, 5G mmWave, 5G FWA and more
How do the various flavors of 5G compare when it comes to gaming? Network testing and analysis firm Signals Research Group took a stab at...
New integrated solution includes 5G RedCap OTA test support
Test companies Rohde & Schwarz and Emite are continuing to work together on integrated solutions for over-the-air testing, extending that work to put Rohde's CMX500 signaling tester's latest capabilities to work in conjunction with Emite's OTA...
Viavi's Automated Lab-as-a-service for Open RAN (VALOR) solution gets official TIP authorization
Viavi Solutions' Lab-as-a-service for Open RAN, otherwise known as VALOR, is getting expanded test capabilities through a new collaboration with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
VALOR has been established as the first authorized test...
Continued midband spectrum deployments by U.S. national carriers are further improving 5G performance, according to new analysis by Ookla of the 5G experience in the U.S. as of the first quarter of 2024.
"Speedtest Intelligence data shows a clear correlation between the release of...
Spirent Communications has added cloud-native function (CNF) resiliency testing to its Landslide solution, which it said enables continuous testing of the impact of CNF performance on 5G Standalone services.
The test company said that the new feature will address operator and NEM needs as...
Longer battery life is one of 5G RedCap's advantages
5G Reduced Capability, or RedCap, got a boost this week with Samsung's announcement that it successfully tested the technology's energy-saving features, which are one of its major selling points.
Samsung plans to make its RedCap solution...
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 than 50 airports around the...
Anritsu and fellow test equipment company ETS-Lindgren have collaborated on a new Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) testing solution, which combines Anritsu’s MT8821C Radio Communication Analyzer with ETS-Lindgren’s EMQuest antenna measurement software and supports narrowband IoT NTN testing.
The MT8821C has a wide dynamic range, supports cellular technologies and...
Rohde & Schwarz and VIAVI offer joint test solutions to meet the needs of radio equipment manufacturers who apply for the NTIA Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund.
Rohde & Schwarz and Viavi Solutions have announced an expansion of their partnership delivering state-of-the-art O-RU testing...
