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 operators are testing 5G, which is almost three times the number that were testing 5G...
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 performance, can render a base station or some portion of it unusable and impacts subscribers' quality...
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 design software, instrument control, and application-specific test software in an open development environment," according...
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" as the Chinese carrier prepares to deploy a narrowband internet of things network.
The performance...
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 the performance of new network services such as voice and video over LTE. Now...
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, are massive investments in fiber optic networks and the pooling of network infrastructure. Consider C-RAN...
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 network performance metrics, a CSP cannot gauge customer experience, network reliability, find and fix failures or...
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 comes with its fair share of challenges.
This webinar will explore a C-RAN field trial...
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.
Keysight said that Semtech provided it with technical information for LoRa that it...
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:Â
Both residential and enterprise fiber access is on the upswing. SNL Kagan found earlier this year...
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 and government initiatives around the world are testing and trialing 5G technologies to understand...
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 and government initiatives around the world are testing and trialing 5G technologies to understand...
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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 equipped with PCTel antennas -- including industrial IoT products, the company said. The lab...
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 -- and expects similarly strong earnings next quarter.
Net income was $33 million, including $1...
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 the first connection of a 5G modem at 28 GHz, using Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G modem...
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 down.
Sales for the fiscal fourth quarter were up slightly, from $62.9 million in the...
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 the end of this year and mid-2018, respectively, operators around the world are coming to...
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 for passenger vehicle automotive telematics testing is going to rise at a compound annual...
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 lab and manufacturing markets.
Details of the acquisition were not disclosed, although EXFO said it...
For MNOs that want to deliver bandwidth and coverage today and tomorrow with 5GÂ on the horizon, the move to fronthaul C-RAN architectures is a necessary step and delivers many benefits. However, as seen in this field trial, fronthaul C-RAN comes with its share of...
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 million) and plans to launch an amicable takeover of the company.
EXFO purchased 25.4%...
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 Manager Maryse Imbeault said. "Direct donations are also given by the vast majority of...
