Indian tech company Wipro has opened its first testing facility in the U.S., a 5G-focused test center in Austin, Texas, where it is working closely with Palo Alto Networks. The 5G-Def-i Innovation Center will focus on compliance certification of 5G devices and modules as...
"The overwhelming interest in this first round of funding shows the private sector is stepping up," says NTIA's Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications & Information
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said that it has received 127 applications asking for $1.39 billion in funding...
'The ultimate test, is does the user get a good experience?'
5G, Open RAN, millimeter-wave and midband spectrum—networks are evolving faster than ever. Operators must ensure that these rapidly-changing networks are working as expected and providing human users and connected devices with the level of...
A rural Indiana community is getting both high-speed internet service and a new, connected testbed focused on agricultural technology, built as a collaborative effort between network services provider Hawk Networks and Camden, Indiana-based R&D company RuralUrban.
According to the partners, Hawk Networks will be...
The National Spectrum Consortium and Linux Foundation have announced a formal collaboration focused on Open RAN software prototypes, demonstrations and development, including an open-source reference stack.
The NSC is a group of nearly 400 organizations that operates under a streamlined contract authority that is...
NI and Spirent Communications have teamed up on what they say is the "first and only" comprehensive test solution for the Open RAN Radio Unit (RU).
The new offering uses application layer testing with "any commercial device" for real-time O-RU validation, the partners said,...
A bevy of partners including Spirent Communications and the 5G Open Innovation Lab worked together to spotlight a new private network solution that is aimed at making easier to deploy enterprise private mobile networks and assure their performance.
The collab includes cloud application and...
Cloud, Open RAN and increased complexity means visibility is more important than ever
Telecom networks are facing a slew of simultaneous changes that are increasing complexity, from the deployment of 5G and the addition of new, higher frequency spectrum bands to the cloudification of the...
California-based Maury Microwave, which focuses on test, measurement, emulation and RF calibration, has agreed to buy Wireless Telecom Group (WTT) and its Boonton, Holzworth and Noisecom test and measurement brands.
WTT had been exploring "strategic alternatives" and sold off its RF components and radio,...
Keysight Technologies reported a strong second quarter, with record revenues that were up 3% to $1.39 billion, or 5% when the impacts of foreign currency impacts and revenues from businesses acquired or divested were excluded.
Net income for the quarter was $283 million, up from...
NI has been sharpening its automotive testing capabilities in the past few years, racking up acquisitions like the electric vehicle division of Germany-based Heinzinger Electronic and the EV test systems business of Kratzer Automation AG, both in 2022, and projects like its launch of...
Impacts to the radio frequency environment isn't the first aspect that comes to mind amid the ongoing shift toward cloud-native, disaggregated networks. But that's not to say there aren't any, and according to Regis Lerbour, VP of product for network testing and RAN at...
The shift to cloud-native and disaggregated 5G networks has enormous implications for testing, validating and verification. Operators wanted a software-centric environment for agility—now that they're getting it, what does that mean for service reliability and continuity? What testing is critical in disaggregation and edge...
Innovations in software and software disaggregation are driving telecom change on two levels, according to Per Kangru, technologist and business development expert in the CTO’s office at Viavi Solutions. Carriers can either do new things to drive automation or efficiencies within their own network;...
AT&T says it plans to deploy 5G SA "when the ecosystem is ready"
AT&T has laid claim to being the first to achieve a data call with two-carrier aggregation in the uplink in 5G Standalone.
In a blog post, Jason Sikes, AT&T's AVP of device architecture,...
G non-terrestrial networks (NTN) is a technology to enable 5G user terminals on, or close to the earth’s surface, to connect to non-terrestrial base stations located on satellites. There are two major market ecosystems driving and innovating both the technology and business use cases...
Viavi Solutions reported preliminary results today that fell short of its guidance on revenue, and cited a drop-off in research and development spending by network equipment manufacturers and semiconductor companies as the driver.
Viavi said that its revenues for its fiscal third quarter are...
First funding opportunity focuses on testing
The Biden administration is officially kicking off the first funding opportunity for the $1.5 billion Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, which is part of the CHIPS and Science Act passed last year and focuses on federal government's efforts...
Engineering investments are expected to increase as a result of ongoing digitalization efforts, to the tune of an expected 10% compound annual increase through 2026, according to a new survey from Bain & Co.
The survey said that despite economic uncertainty, businesses are planning to...
Emerson is 'diversifying ... into test and measurement automation'
National Instruments, which said in January that it was exploring its options for a sale, is set to be acquired by industrial conglomerate Emerson for $2 billion, or $60 per share.
Emerson already owns 2% of...
International test house DEKRA has acquired Taiwan-based Onward Security as part of its goal to expand its portfolio in cybersecurity product testing and certification.
Onward Security focuses on cybersecurity compliance solutions for companies in IoT and industrial IoT device manufacturing, as well as automotive, industrial...
LitePoint's Adam Smith on observations of trends at MWC
While anticipation for the shiny new 5G tech on the block was the driving theme for the previous several years of Mobile World Congress Barcelona shows, this year there was a shift, arguably one with...
With the move into higher frequency bands (and TDD), there are coverage range and penetration losses. In standards work, 3GPP has created an option to compensate for this: High-Powered User Equipment, or HPUE. Originally aimed at supporting the communications range boost needed by first...
When you can continuously test network software, how does RF testing also need to change?
CI/CD is a tool of the IT world, of hyperscalers. Mobile network operators have worked for years to remake themselves in that image, to become software-centric in order to achieve...
