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Viavi acquires French monitoring and assurance company Expandium

Viavi says its customers have virtualized up to 75% of their networks already Viavi Solutions has acquired French network monitoring and assurance company Expandium for an undisclosed sum, bolstering its portfolio of virtualized solutions. Viavi said in a release that the deal "adds cloud-native, microservices-based, and...

SRG on T-Mo’s SA 5G: ‘Meaningful improvement’, but not necessarily for urban users

Upgrading to T-Mo's 5G SA: Big bucks for T-Mobile US made a splash with the announcement earlier this month that it had turned up Standalone 5G in an area encompassing 1.3 million square miles of its network. Signals Research Group wasted no time in getting...

Anritsu Webinar: The 5G Evolution of Indoor Wireless Networks for Smart Buildings and Manufacturing Facilities

5G technology has introduced some exciting possibilities for in-building functions. The “smart” buildings and manufacturing facilities of tomorrow will include new functions such as IoT, factory automation, machine learning devices, and cloud compute applications. To handle these new features, network architectures will change, frequency...

Test and Measurement: Aviat tests 6 GHz unlicensed devices for microwave-link interference

Microwave network equipment company Aviat Networks this week announced results of field tests conducted with Ameren and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), focused on exploring the effects of unlicensed device use at 6 GHz on microwave point-to-point links in the band. Aviat said that...

Test and Measurement: PCTel sees lower revenue, but higher profits

Test equipment company PCTel saw its revenues drop 16% year-over-year, but overall profits were  up compared to the same period in 2019, the company reported this week. Total company revenues for the second quarter were $19.8 million, compared to nearly $23.4 million during the same...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: Interactivity Test

To understand the ability of a 5G network slice to support a particular use case such as Industry 4.0 or Augmented Reality, it is necessary to measure the key performance parameters of throughput, latency and continuity. Read this white paper to: Learn the interactivity test...

Internet network outages are up, but not necessarily impacting users, report finds

The number of network disruptions across various elements of the internet rose sharply beginning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic -- but they often indicated traffic engineering work on the part of various service providers to adjust to changing demand and didn't necessarily...

Test and Measurement: IoT testing will lag, then rebound, Frost & Sullivan says

The ongoing covid-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on the proliferation of internet of things devices this year, and subsequently impact the need for related IoT test equipment, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The one exception, the company noted,...

Test and Measurement: Mavenir will use Keysight tools for software development

Open RAN player Mavenir will be using Keysight Technologies' testing tools to support development of software for its 5G RAN and core platforms. Mavenir will leverage Keysight solutions including its 5G user equipment emulation (UEE) capabilities, to emulate a "massive number of subscribers and numerous...

Test and Measurement: Mobileum acquires Sigos

Private equity-backed data analytics-based roaming and network security company Mobileum has picked up network roaming test and fraud detection company Sigos. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sigo, which provides revenue assurance and fraud detection as well as active testing, says that it has...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: Demystifying over-the-air (OTA) testing – important antenna parameters, test system setup and calibration

This paper provides an introduction to antennas, their parameters and different types, as well as antenna characterization and testing. It explains the importance and execution of OTA test setup calibration and covers general concepts for any OTA test setup in-chamber or lab-bench. The paper...

OpenSignal: Verizon and T-Mo dominate, AT&T accelerates

AT&T dominated download speeds, T-Mobile US has fastest average uploads Overall network speeds are on the rise and the four national networks are mostly running neck-and-neck in different testing categories, but AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US each shine in different ways, according to the latest...

Test and Measurement: EXFO sees sales drop, but is buoyed by pandemic assistance

EXFO saw its sales drop 10% year-over-year, but the financial impact of the global coronavirus pandemic was blunted in part by cost-cutting and a Canadian government program for wage subsidies. "Despite constraints and restrictive measures in many countries, EXFO navigated through the coronavirus pandemic with...

State of the Network: ‘Tremendous … dynamic disruption’

The findings of Viavi Solutions' 13th annual State of the Network report can be summarized in one word: Disruption. Networks are seeing "tremendous" and "dynamic disruption" as a result of "relentless technological advances, remote working reaching an all-time high and the expanding security threatscape," Viavi...

Keysight Webinar: Unlocking the New Normal in Smart Factories with 5G

The current pandemic has forced the manufacturing and industrial sectors to rethink their future for continued business. Smart Factories, a major element of Industry 4.0, can help companies to increase their flexibility to thrive in the “new normal”. The arrival of 5G introduces new opportunities...

Opensignal analyzes US carriers’ 5G networks, decides winners

Opensignal analyzed user experience across three 5G measures In order to assess the current state of 5G services in the U.S., Opensignal presented its first-ever 5G awards after analyzing users' experiences across three 5G measures: the average speed of the 5G connection when users have...

Keysight Webinar: Detect and Troubleshoot Interference in Modern RF/MW Communication Systems

With volatile growth of wireless network footprints, it is inevitable that unwanted signals will be prevalent everywhere. It is impossible to get rid of all interference, but it is critical to lessen its impact on network quality. Join us as Rolland Zhang, Keysight’s Global Product...

Test and Measurement: Keysight buys digital automation company Eggplant

Keysight Technologies has acquired digital automation company Eggplant from The Carlyle Group for $330 million. Keysight described Eggplant as a "software test automation platform provider that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics to automate test creation and test execution" and said that the company's Digital...

Keysight Resource Library for 5G Design and Deployment

Cut through the 5G noise. Whether you’re just getting started and need to learn the fundamentals of the 5G New Radio standard or are facing unforeseen challenges on the road to deployment, the 5G Resource Library offers a comprehensive collection of application notes, white papers,...

Commerce Department issues rule to allow standards work with Huawei

The U.S. Commerce Department has posted a new rule specifying that U.S. companies may work on technical standards, including 5G, with Huawei and its affiliates around the world, despite ongoing restrictions on sale and sharing of U.S.-based technology with the company. The rule amends the...

Nokia tests 5G over C-Band network

Ready for C-Band spectrum? Nokia says it is Nokia is putting 5G New Radio through its paces in C-Band spectrum in Dallas, Texas and says that it successfully completed a series of over-the-air 5G tests and reached "stable peak throughput speeds" of more than 1...

Test and Measurement: Windstream tests 800G in its long-haul network

Windstream and optical networking company Infinera said that they successfully achieved 800 Gbps single-wavelength transmission over 730 kilometers on Windstream’s long-haul network between San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. The two companies also claimed another industry record by looping the signal back and achieving 700G...

Keysight Millimeter Wave Innovations Virtual Event

With volatile growth of wireless network footprints, it is inevitable that unwanted signals will be prevalent everywhere. It is impossible to get rid of all interference, but it is critical to lessen its impact on network quality. Join us as Rolland Zhang, Keysight’s Global Product...

Anritsu Webinar: New Methodology Diagnoses PIM Issues without Climbing the Tower

  Diagnosing and troubleshooting PIM problems is an expensive and time consuming exercise. It not only requires hours of resources but also degrades QoS since the site has to be shut down. The problem is exacerbated by new bands such as FirstNet introduced into LTE...