Viavi Solutions has a new CEO as of this week, with Oleg Khaykin taking over from interim president and CEO Richard Belluzzo. Viavi had been operating under Belluzzo's leadership since former CEO Tom Waechter stepped down after the split of JDSU into Viavi and Lumentum.
Khaykin...
Rohde & Schwarz says it has combined five instruments into one portable instrument that weighs a little more than five pounds. The handheld oscilloscope is said to operates like a tablet but with the performance of a lab instrument.
The new Scope Rider is claimed to have...
ITU harmonizes 700 MHz for global mobile broadband
The International Telecommunications Union is wrapping up its month-long World Radiocommunications Conference in Geneva this week and has officially harmonized the use of 700 MHz spectrum for global mobile broadband use.
The ITU works on global spectrum issues and satellite orbits...
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...
One of the hottest topics around the mobile industry is “5G.” When it will happen; how it will be monetized; who’s going to lead the charge geographically; which operators; which vendors; etc. How far away is 5G and is it appropriate to be putting so...
Tektronix launched new signal generators this week, adding to its lineup with two options designed to deliver better performance than similarly priced equipment from competitors. The AFG3000C Arbitrary/Function Generator Series has two 150 MHz bandwidth models: one with a single channel priced at about $4,700 and one with...
German-based Dekra, which specializes in safety and certification, has acquired Spanish testing company AT4 Wireless to boost its offerings for "Internet of Things" testing.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. AT4 has labs in the U.S., Spain, Chile and Taiwan and nearly 300 employees;...
Spirent Communications achieved a first this week at Interop Tokyo, giving what the company said was the first demonstration of "two separate 400Gb Ethernet implementations interoperating live in a public forum."
The demo involved Spirent's 400Gb Ethernet Test System generating and passing traffic to Huawei's NE5000E core...
