As Keysight Technologies' first year as an independent company comes to a close, it has announced a new organizational structure that divides the company into three business groups focused on different customer bases, and another group for corporate leadership and technology.
"The changes that we’re announcing...
The connected car poses a number of market, behavioral and technical challenges. RCR explores those challenges and some of the key players working to solve them. In this webinar, we look at market drivers and consumer desires for the connected car as well as...
EXFO optimistic about 2016 revenue despite FY 2015 declines
EXFO reported that its quarterly and full-year fiscal 2015 results saw significant currency rate impacts affecting its sales numbers.
Sales for the fourth quarter were $56.6 million, compared to $59.7 million during the same period last year. Quebec City,...
As industry interest and exploration of "5G" deepens, Tektronix announced this week it has a new feature capable of ultra-wide signal analysis for 5G backhaul arrangements.
The company said the implementation of its SignalVu software on the company's DPO70000SX ATI performance oscilloscopes will simplify multi-instrument test set-ups that...
The test-related products that vendors announced around CTIA Super Mobility 2015 tend to be a reflection of the overall trends within the industry, and this year is no exception. From that perspective, vendors are talking about testing trends that include virtualizing heterogeneous networks (Azimuth),...
It was a busy week for the test industry, as vendors showcased their wares in support of the wireless ecosystem's continuing evolution and addressed current trends that ranged from heterogeneous networks to LTE-Advanced, multiple input/multiple output over-the-air testing and the "Internet of Things." Here...
In the test and measurement space this week, vendors are gearing up for the CTIA show and highlighting new wares focused on LTE-Advanced and "5G."
- Anritsu launched new support for fading in LTE-A scenarios and support for 4x4 and 8x2 multiple-input/multiple-output technology, additional test...
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This week Chris Hare speaks with Dan Pollard CEO of MyDrugCosts. Dan's company and background are focused on delivering drug cost and side effect information to patients to empower their care and reduce costs for both the insured and their employers.
Dan and Chris discuss...
Are you developing products with wireless internet connectivity? You cannot afford to miss this Anritsu webinar!Â
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a catch-all term that brings together device connectivity, service provision and data analytics. In this webinar we will focus on device connectivity....
PCTel recently completed network testing at more than 300 domestic and international airports in order to get a good picture of the wireless operators providing the best connectivity for RFID-based luggage tracking. PCTel said that its test engineers followed bag routes from check-in through holding rooms...
The big news of the week, of course, was Keysight Technologies' announcement that it will purchase Anite for $606 million. Read more on that transaction, expected to close this fall, here. In other news across the testing industry this week:
• Cobham Wireless, formerly Aeroflex, added...
In this webinar, participants will get a review of power measurement basics and learn how new measurement technologies can help them increase throughput, reduce cost, and improve reliability.
Who should attend:
R&D engineers, manufacturing line engineers/managers, test engineers
What you will learn:
• Basics of power measurement
• Critical factors in choosing the right power measurement solutions
• Advantages...
A new report from ABI Research concludes that the adoption of LTE is driving the market for network monitoring and optimization, and the market's size will reach more than $40 billion over the next five years.
"Mobile optimization is more important than ever," ABI noted, adding...
Spectrum sharing hot topic at ISART
Test and measurement was a major focus of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies this week, with federal agencies, industry representatives and academic researchers grappling with the technical issues of how the ability to accurately characterize spectrum propagation...
The MW82119A/B PIM Master from Anritsu is a family of high power, battery operated PIM test instruments designed for maximum portability. These instruments utilize a filter combiner to maximize RF efficiency and minimize battery consumption during use. The F1 and F2 frequency range for...
Chipset manufacturer Ikanos has launched a new speed test option for carriers to get a clearer picture of the data rates they are delivering, without the confounding factors of the home Wi-Fi connection or slowness across the Internet rather than in the service provider's network.
According...
Although smartphone users are quite satisfied with the multiple functionalities and the convenience brought by their devices, more and more users express concerns about the rather poor battery life compared to the previous generation of feature phones. For consumers, the battery life is one...
Anritsu and Emite said they have achieved successful, repeatable MIMO over-the-air testing for carrier aggregation that utilized a reverberation chamber and tested 2x2 MIMO with isotropic urban-macro fading profiles in tests performed for an unnamed "leading U.S. carrier."
Emite's reverberation chamber was used, along with...
Carrier Aggregation is now widely deployed as a key LTE-Advanced technique for exploiting fragmented spectrum, increasing peak data rates and improving network capacity. In this webinar we will examine the evolution from two to three carriers and beyond.
You will gain insights into:
• The...
With Mobile World Congress serving as a window into the industry's areas of interest in 2015 and beyond, a slew of MWC test news serves to illustrate where test and measurement companies are anticipating interest from OEMs and operators.
-- Keysight Technologies focused on its research work...
Spectrum monitoring is commonly used to diagnose RF communications issues, determine spectrum availability, analyze transmission patterns, spot illicit transmissions, clear frequencies, or as part of a regulatory enforcement system. Proper setup and use of spectrum analyzers, though seemingly simple, becomes complex in practice, once...
As mobile data usage skyrockets and data ARPU continues to decline, mobile operators are looking to increase their network capacity and coverage while minimizing their deployment and operational costs. Small Cells and HetNets offer a cost-effective way to expand mobile networks, at a fraction...
This week's test and measurement news includes several test companies extending their relationships focused on research and training.
• Keysight Technologies is partnering with Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics in Russia to develop teaching and research programs on radio frequency and microwave technologies, which includes a...
The rapid spread of smartphones and many new Cloud services in the last decade has led to explosive growth in mobile data traffic. Simultaneously, the new LTE and LTE-Advanced mobile technologies with faster data throughput are driving dramatic increases in mobile data traffic as well, naturally...
