Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...
Anritsu acquired NetTest nine years ago to expand its offerings beyond test and measurement instruments to service assurance. In this video, Neil Tomlinson of Anritsu discusses the company's strategy for approaching the service assurance market by building on its early familiarity with new technologies and...
Vikas Trehan, SVP of Infovista, spoke with RCR Wireless News about key trends that the company sees in the market – in particular, how mobile operators are grappling with the continuing surge in data growth, and the fact that revenues are not growing at...
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--Anritsu submitted new LTE multicast test cases to the Global Certification Forum's latest...
Spirent Communications has agreed to buy the assets of Radvision's Technology Business Unit, which includes development and testing capabilities for video and voice over LTE, for $25 million.
Radvision TBU is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is part of a wholly-owned Avaya subsidiary. Spirent said the purchase...
As data becomes increasingly important to service assurance, Anritsu is looking to take a more active role in providing data that can help the network to operate. The company elaborated in an interview at the recent TM Forum Live event.
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Test and measurement company Anite reported that after a challenging first half in handset testing, it saw improved performance to finish out its fiscal year. Overall, its revenues dropped slightly from last year.
The company said its network testing business was strong throughout the past...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--The Japanese government is reportedly set...
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--Tektronix said that Latin America's largest pay-TV provider is using...
Test and measurement company EXFO saw decent growth in its revenues in the most recent quarter, and its profits increased as well. The company has made significant recent acquisitions that are broadening its offerings.
EXFO reported sales in its fiscal third quarter of $63.9 million,...
How to ensure fluid indoor 3G/4G LTE data consumption? What are the challenges and how to overcome them with professional indoor coverage measurements?
This webinar will provide insight into what are the challenges when measuring indoor coverage of wireless networks. The webinar will lay out...
Fledgling explorations into 5G wireless continue to gain momentum, with the world's largest mobile operator joining the effort. China Mobile's research institute has agreed to work with networking testing company Agilent Technologies on 5G wireless network development.
Agilent will support China Mobile Research Institute's research...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Ixia has re-filed its 2013 financial reports, bringing the company closer to being current with its Securities and Exchange Commission filings after the resignation of its CEO and CFO led to discoveries in accounting mistakes.
No willful violations were found, but the company's CFO resigned...
Wireless network test company Anite launched a new Customer Experience Management (CEM) solution which collects user quality-of-experience (QoE) data from the device level and provides drive-test-level diagnostics data for CEM, according to the company.
Kai Ojala, CTO of Anite Network Testing, said that the new Nemo CEM...
Why don’t consumers wholeheartedly embrace the ease and convenience of mobile payments? Quite simply, they are worried about the security risk. That’s understandable, given that trust in the security of personal
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--EXFO has acquired Aito Technologies, which provides customer experience...
Vendors are working to make network equipment more flexible, power efficient and smaller to suit the needs of operators. Many of the newest offerings also are intended for use in improving wireless coverage in large, high-capacity venues such as stadiums, where the need for...
Voice over LTE remains a technical challenge, but several operators expect to have VoLTE operational by the end of this year.
Fluke Networks recently released its latest device for testing LTE and VoLTE networks, aiming to support operators with a neutral perspective on their VoLTE troubleshooting...
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--A task group within the Mobile and wireless communications Enablers...
Neutral host Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) operate over a wide frequency range in order to accommodate as many users as possible. The antennas and RF power distribution network are typically designed to pass signals between 698 to 2700 MHz, and sometimes wider. A question...
NICE, France – Service assurance has been an ongoing focus of software providers looking to help telecommunication operators to better manage and monetize their network assets. This support typically includes solutions that enable operators to better understand what is happening across their networks so...
