As $42.5 billion in federal funding makes it way to the states to be translated into infrastructure deployment projects, Ookla recently assessed how the 50 U.S. states stand in terms of delivery of broadband speeds.
Ookla examined its Speedtest data for broadband services in terms...
Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has released new Nationwide Connectivity Experience Awards, based on a combination of network testing plus additional insights from surveying mobile device users. GWS gave out three awards: One that focused largely on the mobile experience, one based on the ISP...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning has been moving into many aspects of network testing, from the field to service assurance, to fuel automation and increased efficiency. So where exactly is AI/ML being applied in network testing and assurance today, how is it proving its...
Keysight Technologies plans to pick up Synopsys' optical design and analysis software tools, an acquisition that Keysight says will broaden its design engineering software portfolio and computer-aided engineering capabilities.
Synopsys is in the process of a pending $35 billion acquisition of microchip software...
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 of viewing the network:...
Keysight Technologies said that it has achieved an industry first, in the form of a quantum circuit simulation environment that features frequency-domain magnetic flux quantization.
The test company worked with Google Quantum AI on its new Quantum Circuit Simulation (Quantum Ckt Sim) Solution.
"In...
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 that is applying artificial intelligence...
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 is the six-step ranking,...
As broad interest in and use of artificial intelligence and other high-performance compute surges, Viavi Solutions has introduced what it says is the first solution to address testing and validation needs of the emerging 1.6 terabits per second (Tb/s) Ethernet ecosystem based on 224G...
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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 MT8000A 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...
