With the majority of cellular usage having moved indoors, being able to locate a user while inside a building is becoming increasingly important for public safety or services such as indoor navigation. However, satellite-based GPS data can be difficult or impossible to access when...
Vendors are prepping for next week's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. In terms of preshow news, there are two primary areas of focus for testing and monitoring companies: "5G" and the internet of things.
LitePoint said it will be highlighting its test offerings for...
Bluetooth capabilities are becoming increasingly important for mobile devices, whether in the internet of things space or in traditional mobile devices. Bluetooth testing capabilities have been one major area of development over the past year and two test companies announced news around Bluetooth this week.
LitePoint,...
One of the biggest challenges with testing 5G systems has been the cost and complexity of the instruments available for assessing millimeter wave frequencies. Anritsu has launched a new pocket-sized mmwave spectrum analyzer series with the aim of addressing that issue for 5G test...
The 5G trial took place in a laboratory environment in Finland
Finnish vendor Nokia carried out what it claims to be the world's first connection based on the 5GTF 'pre-standard', the company said in a statement.
The 5G trial took place in a laboratory environment in...
Internet of things-focused Thread Group is making progress on its work toward an IoT standard for smart home use cases. The group has launched its certification program, starting with four software stacks that have successfully completed interoperability testing and are now considered Thread Certified Components....
Radio frequency test engineers can be found in both manufacturing environments and in development teams for advanced RF products and projects. The average salary, according to Glassdoor, is around $77,300 per year.
So what skills do employers look for in their RF test engineers?
The most...
Spirent Communications continues to augment its position in Ethernet-related testing for automobiles. The company this week said it is cooperating on automotive Ethernet testing and validation with Technica Engineering, which focuses on automotive Ethernet integration, prototyping and tool development. Technica is helping Spirent implement physical...
The most recent quarter has so far been largely positive for test and measurement companies.
-Teradyne reported a record quarter for orders as it closed out 2016, which the company said was driven by demand in mobility test. Teradyne posted fourth quarter revenues of $380 million...
Ensure you have the flexibility needed for creation and analysis of prototype 5G signals. With the early start of 5G research and several candidate signals in the running flexibility is paramount. The Keysight 5G testbed provides a proven solution for simulating, emulating, measuring and...
In the first major test acquisition of the year, pure-play testing company Keysight Technologies will purchase network visibility and testing company Ixia for $1.6 billion.
The move will boost Keysight's position in software-centric test offerings as well as expand its portfolio into new parts of the network...
Acquisition activity in the test and measurement space is already off to a brisk start in 2017, with National Technical Systems and Bureau Veritas both announcing purchases.
NTS bought two Canadian testing companies: Fiarex of Chambly, Quebec, and CEM of Boucherville, Quebec. CEM tests for...
FieldFox Handheld Analyzers Go Further – with RTSA
For today's more distributed and complex communication networks, Keysight FieldFox handheld analyzers are the world's most integrated and precise analyzers — the first to deliver benchtop accuracy up to 50 GHz in a portable, rugged package. Now,...
Although the size of the crowd at President Donald Trump’s inauguration continues to be a source of contention between the new president and the press, testing by Global Wireless Solutions at least showed some definitive numbers for the cellular network support of the crowd....
As hundreds of thousands of people converge on Washington, D.C., for inaugural celebrations and protests this weekend, wireless network benchmarking company Global Wireless Solutions released data on recent performance testing of national carrier networks at Dulles International Airport.
AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless tied...
Last year was reflective of the ongoing consolidation in the network and device testing industry. Although there weren't necessarily blockbuster acquisitions on the order of NetScout's $2.6 billion Danaher communications acquisition in 2015, 2016 did host a series of smaller, ongoing test and measurement acquisitions that...
More types of devices are relying on the ability to access satellite systems for positioning information, and that means more testing for GPS and Global Navigation Satellite System support.
Spirent Communications this week launched PT TestBench, which is new software for selecting and automating GPS and GNSS...
Learn how to ensure service quality, reliability, availability and resilience in 911, E-911 and NG-911 networks
Access to emergency services like police, fire and ambulance are the backbone of a civilized society. In the U.S., first responders are reached through a single number--911. In other...
Consolidation continues to shape the test and measurement industry. Over the past three years, a number of major telecom test and measurement companies have acquired, sold, spun off or otherwise fundamentally changed their business operations.
Since the last iteration of this list, for example, Keysight...
National Instruments released its annual look at trends impacting the test and measurement space, and identified five that have been shaping the industry and will continue to do so in the coming year.
The new "Automated Test Outlook" report, edited by NI co-founder, president and CEO...
Wi-Fi Alliance is launching a new certification program aimed at improving synchronization for audio, video and data outputs transmitted over Wi-Fi.
The new TimeSync feature is expected to be used for audio playback through multiple wireless speakers and for multimedia wireless home theater. TimeSync...
Keysight Technologies and the University of California, San Diego, said they successfully tested a 60 GHz radio frequency link that reached speeds of more than two gigabits per second at a distance of 300 meters, adding the test was the world's longest phased-array,...
Video is the dominant service that consumes the majority of bandwidth in today's mobile networks. Performance of video, from a Quality of Experience perspective, is a fundamental concern for Network Operators. The key challenge is how the user's perceived video quality can be measured...
Every year the number of wireless-enabled devices and the amount of data consumed continue to grow at an exponential rate (53 percent CAGR 1). As these devices create and consume more data, the wireless communications infrastructure that connects them must evolve to support the...
