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  The dawn of 5G means the way we get, experience and manage information will change, putting user experience front and center. To enable services in each of the three …

Real-time 5G analytics drive service assurance from fiber to applications Given the multi-year hype cycle that’s finally coming to fruition with operator deployments, 5G has a lot to live up …

Mobile network benchmarking company RootMetrics this week put the spotlight on its most recent test results from three Southwestern cities: Phoenix, Arizona, and Dallas and Houston, Texas. In Dallas, T-Mobile …

Network monitoring and visualization deal to support CSP’s network integration and automation As EXFO reported its quarterly results today, the company also dropped the news that it has won a …

EXFO’s sales up, profits down EXFO reported a quarter that its CEO described as disappointing, but promised that 2019 will be a year of renewed focus on execution by the …

New 5G base station test solution aimed at manufacturing test In the ramp-up to 5G deployment, Keysight Technologies is focusing on manufacturing test for 5G base stations. The test company …

Rohde & Schwarz’s deep packet inspection specialist, ipoque, has launched a new network traffic analytics offering for network operators that supports up to 100 gigabit network speeds and is designed …

5G networks open up a host of new possibilities for mobile network operators. Three very distinct initial capabilities are envisioned for 5G networks: enhanced mobile broadband, with high capacity and …

The MNO’s RAN performance team noticed that the operations support system (OSS) flagged the presence of an RF noise issue in the network based on high uplink (UL) received signal …

Anritsu has added 2×2 multiple-input multiple-output testing capabilities for 802.11ac to its MT8862A test equipment and says that with new software, it can test 2×2 MIMO on Wi-Fi equipment under …

Network benchmarking company Rootmetrics has been going through data from its testing during the first half of 2018 and concluded that increasing network data speeds is a clear area of …

Part of the 5G vision includes an on demand, bespoke data pipe that perfectly optimized to meet the needs of any service.  Network and spectrum resources will see maximum efficiency …

The deployment of 5G networks will require the simultaneous availability of several new technologies for the first time. Those technologies—namely SDN, NFV, network slicing, distributed cloud and mobile edge computing—will …

In a promising sign for an equipment ecosystem for Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum, CommScope and Ericsson said this week that they successfully completed interoperability testing of Ericsson’s equipment with …

EXFO cited seasonal softness for performance in the second quarter of its fiscal 2018, reporting a net loss for the quarter of $4.66 million as it also digested the impact …

Mobile network operators (MNOs) have been driven to upgrade their cell towers through fierce competition to provide higher bandwidth and quality of service. Typical Internet traffic has been constantly increasing. …

This white paper reviews the latest trends in the radio access networks (RANs) of mobile networks, including the evolution to Cloud-RAN, virtualized architectures. Although it can be difficult to make …

Each step in the evolution of radio access networks (RANs) brings unique opportunities and challenges for mobile network operators. Today, fiber has mostly replaced coaxial cables in new mobile fronthaul …

Mobile network operators (MNOs) are expanding their fronthaul networks to get ready for 5G. As more RRHs are deployed, the number of RF signals and fiber optic connections being monitored—and …

While T-Mobile US came out ahead of Verizon by a hair on LTE availability on a national level in OpenSignal’s most recent round of app-based testing, regional battles have heated …

Sophie Legault, Director of Product Management at EXFO discusses and demonstrates EXFO’s SkyRAN solution while at Mobile World Congress 2018.

EXFO has achieved its takeover of French performance monitoring and analytics company Astellia for about $31.6 million. EXFO said today that it has acquired 97.44% of Astellia’s share capital and …

The pace of 5G trials has “rapidly accelerated during the past six months,” according to new information from Viavi Solutions on the state of 5G trials. Viavi said that 72 …

  It’s now possible to solve interference and other issues without spending countless hours on the road. Interference has always been a curse for the cellular industry. It degrades network …