In virtual reality, a firefighter navigates a smoke-filled room and a police officer comes under fire in a parking garage. Wearing a set of augmented-reality glasses, a researcher examines a virtual likeness of a model of an improvised explosive device, which glows blue in...
Which mobile device a user has plays a crucial role in their experience of a mobile network -- and Samsung devices give users the best experience in 35% of countries tested, according to new analysis from OpenSignal.
OpenSignal relies on device-based measurements for its data,...
A newly formed consortium is reviving an IEEE standard with an eye toward improving mobile positioning information to within centimeters, while also providing better security by heading off interception and spoofing of signals.
The FiRa (Fine Ranging) Consortium launched this month to support an ecosystem...
Internet of Things devices are being targeted by cyber attacks within as little as five minutes of being powered up, and hackers are testing their ability to attack IoT devices behind firewalls, according to a new security report from Netscout.
Netscout said that in the...
T-Mobile US says it has conducted the first successful North American testing of a Standalone 5G New Radio data session, and that the test was also a world-first test of a 5G SA data session in a multi-vendor environment.
The carrier plans to introduce Standalone...
Fiber deployment by both mobile network operators and cable MSOs in support of next-generation networks will help drive increased demand for fiber testing, according to a new report from analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
Mobile network operators are deploying fiber to support 5G, including Fixed...
Qualcomm and Ericsson supporting T-Mobile's low-band 5G testing efforts
Less than two weeks after detailing laboratory testing of 5G at 600 MHz, T-Mobile US this week moved that testing out to the field with an eye on how 600 MHz serves wide area coverage and...
Key points:
The 5G network provides expansive outdoor coverage and full mobility in Chicago downtown, especially in the popular and high-traffic areas, where 5G’s performance is needed the most.
The outdoor and in-vehicle tests showed good speeds, consistently over 100 – 150 Mbps, much...
In another sign of the ramp-up of 5G ecosystem ramp-up, Anritsu has partnered with ETS-Lindgren on a new over-the-air testing system for 5G devices. The system integrates Anritsu's Radio Communications Test Station MT8000A with ETS-Lindgren's EMQuest EMQ-100 antenna measurement software for characterizing and validating...
Verizon continues to reign supreme in RootMetrics' testing, with the mobile network operator winning or tying for first in all of the company's testing categories on a national basis with performance that the testing specialist called "outstanding across the board, with the strongest combination...
With 5G commercialization underway, you need to accelerate the time to market of 5G base stations and devices.
Keysight's latest poster, 5G New Radio Standards and Conformance Tests, is packed with the details you need to know about 5G NR, base station, and device test...
Speeds and other performance metrics on LTE networks are still rising, even as carriers begin to roll out their 5G networks, according to the latest analysis from OpenSignal. Verizon saw a big bump in its video quality, which AT&T's FirstNet-fueled network investments appear to...
As carriers move to implement a new framework to provide more information to end users on incoming calls, they are learning more about both how to deploy the STIR/SHAKEN framework as well as how to work with other operators to ensure cross-network traffic functions...
EXFO reported sales were up 1.9% year-over-year to $73.6 million, with sales for the nine months of the fiscal year so far up 8.2% over the same period last year.
Net earnings for the quarter were $21,000, compared to a net loss of $6 million...
The United States has the fastest 5G peak speeds in the world, due to operators' use of millimeter wave spectrum and large available channels, according to new analysis from OpenSignal.
The company looked at device-based data from eight countries and concluded that 5G speeds overall...
Aerospace and defense company Astronics has purchased Texas-based critical communications test company Freedom Communication Technologies. FTC focuses on test equipment for Land Mobile Radio networks, including P25 and Tetra.
Astronics said that it purchased 100% of FCT's equity for $22 million in cash. The company...
Network monitoring company Accedian is pushing finer granularity in its visibility tools, with a new release that takes its sampling capabilities from one second to the millisecond range.
Accedian released the latest version of its Skylight performance sensor software and says that the capability of...
Viavi Solutions announced that the company has provided 5G wireless and optical test solutions to China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator.
As a preferred vendor, the company said it has been working with the operator since early 2018 to test the performance and capability...
Just how fast is 5G, really? OpenSignal's analysis from South Korea showed blazing speeds, with 5G smartphones averaging 48% faster speeds than comparable 4G smartphones and maximum speeds that pushed to nearly a gigabit.
Average download speeds for 5G smartphone users in South Korea were...
Antenna company Airgain has unveiled a new testing laboratory focused on 5G millimeter wave. The company said that the bands being used for 5G mmWave networks "create a new set of challenges for development and testing, with much higher levels of atmospheric loss, very...
Thread Group has released its latest specification, and the new Thread 1.2 networking protocol focuses on improving battery performance as well as enabling large-scale internet of things deployments in commercial and public buildings.
IoT, Thread Group said in a statement, has been "constrained by fragmented...
Keysight Technologies' Ixia put together what it says was the world's first public open demonstration of the progress of the 400 Gigabit Ethernet ecosystem for hyperscale data centers, during this week's Interop Tokyo conference in Japan.
Ten companies participated in the demo, Ixia said, which...
In a promising sign for large enterprise adoption of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts was granted permission to conduct internal testing to see if some of its existing wireless infrastructure at its Disney resorts in Anaheim, California and Orlando,...
Test company Accuver this week officially launched commercial 5G field testing tools for Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G smartphones.
The Galaxy S10 5G handset models are some of the first 5G smartphones available globally, which makes them an important tool for testing networks as early deployments...
