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Keysight Technologies has introduced a software platform aimed at integrating the test process from design and characterization to optimization, in order to speed up product development and deployment. PathWave “combines …

Test company EXFO said this week that its test solutions were used by China Mobile for a major assessment of performance capabilities for the core networks of four “major vendors” …

Benchmarking and engineering company P3 Communications is expanding its working relationship with InfoVista. The two companies have been working together for nearly a year on some joint services on benchmarking …

EXFO SkyRAN combines RF and fiber monitoring for fronthaul networks Two key factors shaping the current state of increasingly advanced LTE networks, and setting the stage for future 5G networks, …

  NFV and SDN deployments require automated service assurance that won’t compromise reliability Service assurance is a crucial and increasingly complex task for communications service providers. Without granular insight into …

Evolving today’s fiber-based mobile networks to a centralized radio access network (C-RAN) delivers many advantages to mobile network operators (MNOs), including higher bandwidth support and reduced operational expenses. However, C-RAN …

Keysight Technologies is collaborating with Semtech, the company behind the LoRa low-power wide-area network technology for the internet of things, to develop LoRa testing support in Keysight equipment and software. …

Fiber is fuel for both LTE and future “5G” systems, and service providers are doing their best to increase their fiber footprints. Here are three fiber trends to watch:  Both …

Expected 5G spectrum utilization will mean major engineering and design challenges in terms of spectrum characteristics: very high frequencies and very large channels, with high expectations for performance. Vendors, operators …

Expected 5G spectrum utilization will mean major engineering and design challenges in terms of spectrum characteristics: very high frequencies and very large channels, with high expectations for performance. Vendors, operators …

Product demo of EXFO’s new product EX1 for scalable, open platform test solution for validating bandwidth speed and monitoring network performance at Cable Tec.

PCTel is opening up a test lab focused on Wi-Fi performance at its Bloomingdale, Ill. headquarters. The new lab will provide wireless performance testing for Wi-Fi access points and devices …

Todd Dover at EXFO demonstrates the new OTDR covering both CWDM and DWDM wavelengths, in Denver, CO.

NI revenues were $321 million, up 5% year-over-year National Instruments had strong revenue growth in its third quarter, with revenues up 5% year-over-year to a its best-ever number $321 million …

New 5G testing and research opportunities announced this week from Deutsche Telekom and the U.K. government It was a notable week in 5G testing, with Qualcomm and Keysight Technologies claiming …

EXFO struck a deal to acquire the rest of French network visibility company Astellia and reported financial results reflecting a rise in sales of 4.6% year-over-year, although EXFO’s profits were …

A three-phase process makes the most of investments geared toward delivering on 5G and IoT With the 5G New Radio specification, both non-standalone and standalone variants, tracking for finalization by …

Connected and autonomous vehicles represent a growing opportunity for the test industry, according to recent reports from Frost & Sullivan. The analyst firm has estimated that the test equipment market …

In its second deal in two weeks, test company EXFO said that it has signed an agreement to purchase French optical test equipment supplier Yenista Optics, which serves the high-end …

For MNOs that want to deliver bandwidth and coverage today and tomorrow with 5G on the horizon, the move to fronthaul C-RAN architectures is a necessary step and delivers many benefits. …

EXFO picks up 33.1% stake in Astellia, plans a friendly takeover Test company EXFO has purchased 33.1% of network performance analysis company Astellia for about 8.6 million Euros (around $10.2 …

In more than a decade of support, EXFO employees have raised more than $1 million for United Way of Canada. “Several fundraising activities are organized throughout the year,” EXFO Communication …

With the exponential increase in customers’ need for speed, the use of interconnectivity and cloud-based applications is ubiquitous in data center infrastructure to handle more bandwidth. Data centers have to …

Join EXFO as we discuss the various techniques and testing required to achieve optimum data center network connectivity performance. Learn all about the best practices to consider when building new …

A conversation with Anssi Tauriainen, Director of Service Assurance and Analytics, EXFO The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report “Mastering Analytics: How …