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JDSU enables RF over CPRI testing at fiber cell sites

JDSU has added the ability to analyze radio frequency characteristics over the Common Public Radio Interface, or CPRI, specification for base stations. The company said it is the first in the industry to introduce integrated CPRI support on a base station analyzer, its CellAdvisor...

Top 12 public test and measurement companies by revenue

The test and measurement space is one that has seen a significant amount of consolidation over the years. But even as some companies combine through mergers and acquisitions, others are becoming pure-play wireless-focused test companies, such as Agilent Technologies' spinoff of Keysight Technologies, and...

White Paper: Delivering Exceptional VoLTE Service Quality

Delivering quality voice services in an LTE environment is a major goal of operators around the world. Voice has always been a fundamental service of mobile communications and will continue to be so in the future—yet the service needs to adapt to social changes...

HetNet News: Small cell industry awards, Amtrak RFP

Small Cell Industry Awards The Small Cell Forum announced the Small Cell Industry Awards for 2014 as part of last week's Small Cells World Summit in London. For small cell innovoation leadership, Alcatel-Lucent won for its site certification program. Cisco won the vendor award for...

Test & Measurement: Spirent launches connected car test system

 Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot. --Spirent Communications has launched a test system for automotive Ethernet...

Viavi Webinar: RF and Fiber: Worlds Collide

Until now, cell site turn-up and maintenance have been relatively straightforward procedures-performed on one macro cell with one technology. Today, much has changed-in addition to macro cells, small cells and DAS are proliferating, both indoor and outdoor, covering 2G, 3G, 4G and WiFi. RF and...

JDSU impacted by late orders

JDSU recorded a net loss of $1.5 million for the quarter, which the company said was due to later-than-expected carrier orders. Revenues, however, were still up about 3% year-over-year to $418 million. "Though the calendar year started off slower than expected, I am encouraged by...

Test and Measurement: Agilent launches 4×4 MIMO uplink signal generation

The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.   --Agilent Technologies says it now has the industry's first LTE-Advanced uplink...

Test & Measurement: Agilent posts user-inspired demos; new JDSU app

Agilent Technologies released a series of 30-second demos based on engineers' use of its Advanced Design System 2014 software, which is designed to enable electronic design automation for RF and microwave applications. The company said it listened to ADS user ideas and feedback to create...

Test and Measurement: Tektronix supports Winter Games coverage

--Tektronix is providing video test and network monitoring to NBC Olympics during the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Tektronix' WFM5200 and WFM7200 waveform monitors are being used to check signal quality and integrity during on-site camera set-up. The feeds are then being backhauled through...

JDSU exceeds guidance, acquires network intelligence and laser companies

JDSU (JDSU) announced strong quarterly results and the continuing execution of its acquisition strategy. The company said it recently closed on two new deals: the acquisition of the assets of real-time network intelligence software company Trendium, as well as the purchase of Time-Bandwidth Products,...

Test & Measurement: JDSU adds LTE-A support to base station analyzer

JDSU's CellAdvisor JD780A Base Station Analyzer series now supports LTE-Advanced with the ability to analyze up to five component carriers for carrier aggregation, and MIMO with up to four transmitting branches. JDSU has also added basic PIM detection, so that a tech can tell whether interference is...

Test & Measurement: Keysight is Agilent’s testing spin-off

Agilent Technologies will name its spin-off electronic measurement company Keysight Technologies. The separation of the company's test and measurement business is expected in early November. Keysight will be headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., and have about 9,500 employees in 30 countries. Agilent has struggled with profits...

Test & Measurement: Ixia double-checks financials after CEO fiasco

Ixia continues to deal with the fallout of its former CEO falsifiying his credentials. The company is going over its recent financials with a fine-toothed comb -- although it says it has so far found no impact on its financial statements. Victor Alston resigned...

Test & Measurement: Faster testing from Agilent; LTE-A and VoLTE testing from JDSU

Agilent's SystemVue platform for communications, aerospace and defense system design now supports high-performance distributed computing. Agilent said that allows next-generation system performance to be verified up to 64 times faster using Linux-based grid computing managers like the IBM Platform Load Sharing Facility. The SystemVue 2013.08 version...

JDSU: Location insight a new revenue opportunity for carriers

While mobile operators have not be particularly successful in monetizing location-based services, JDSU released a new report that looks at the possibility of carriers mining their own network -centric big data for demographic and location insight that could provide new revenue streams. JDSU is calling...

Test & Measurement: ‘4G’ devices, HD voice, VoLTE testing from CTIA 2013

Microwave Vision Group launched a new antenna measurement test system for "4G" devices, with up to three-times faster measurement capabilities and a broader dynamic range in passive antenna measurement mode. The new SG 24 system is compliant with CTIA OTA performance specs, for testing mobile...

Reader Forum: Bringing greater quality-of-service to small cells

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but...

Test & measurement: AT4 Wireless invests in Anritsu, Aeroflex tests TDD/FDD data handover

Welcome to RCR's weekly wrap-up of news in the network test and measurement space, including trends, analysis and product announcements. Anritsu Co. landed a catch this week when AT4 wireless Group announced that it was investing in the company’s test equipment for 3G and LTE...

White Paper: Radio Access Networks – Interference Analysis

Interference Analysis: Signal interference in wireless networks negatively affects transmission coverage and mobile capacity, limiting overall network performance. Unavoidable signal interference is becoming more prevalent in wireless networks with the increasing number of active transmitters on the RF spectrum. JDSU White Paper: Radio Access Networks - Interference Analysis

White Paper: Drive Testing LTE

In Long Term Evolution (LTE)as with other cellular technologies, drive testing is a part of the network deployment and management life cycle from the early onset. Drive testing provides an accurate real-world capture of the RF environment under a particular set of network and...

White Paper: Optimizing Small Cells and the Heterogeneous Network

Small cells have come a long way in recent years. Initially they were used as a way to expand the coverage of a mobile network in remote locations, but are now being utilized to increase network capacity in densely populated urban areas. A proliferating...

Test & measurement financial results: National Instruments, JDSU, Anritsu

Amid increased demand for test and measurement equipment for LTE networks, three companies in the testing space reported solid results. National Instruments announced record annual and quarterly income for the fourth quarter of 2012. Revenue for the quarter was $300 million, up eight percent year-over-year...

Testing News: Anite accelerates LTE testing in China; JDSU puts test info in the cloud

Anite today announced the validation of the first Global Certification Forum (GCF) TD-LTE/TD-SCDMA Inter-Radio Access Technology (Inter-RAT) test cases. The company said that it now supports all of the GCF LTE protocol test requirements for TD-LTE mobile operators ahead of their launches. TD-LTE is...