Fiber deployment by both mobile network operators and cable MSOs in support of next-generation networks will help drive increased demand for fiber testing, according to a new report from analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
Mobile network operators are deploying fiber to support 5G, including Fixed...
In another sign of the ramp-up of 5G ecosystem ramp-up, Anritsu has partnered with ETS-Lindgren on a new over-the-air testing system for 5G devices. The system integrates Anritsu's Radio Communications Test Station MT8000A with ETS-Lindgren's EMQuest EMQ-100 antenna measurement software for characterizing and validating...
Aerospace and defense company Astronics has purchased Texas-based critical communications test company Freedom Communication Technologies. FTC focuses on test equipment for Land Mobile Radio networks, including P25 and Tetra.
Astronics said that it purchased 100% of FCT's equity for $22 million in cash. The company...
Network monitoring company Accedian is pushing finer granularity in its visibility tools, with a new release that takes its sampling capabilities from one second to the millisecond range.
Accedian released the latest version of its Skylight performance sensor software and says that the capability of...
Keysight Technologies' Ixia put together what it says was the world's first public open demonstration of the progress of the 400 Gigabit Ethernet ecosystem for hyperscale data centers, during this week's Interop Tokyo conference in Japan.
Ten companies participated in the demo, Ixia said, which...
Viavi Solutions has extended its TeraVM's 5G emulation capabilities to include Standalone 5G New Radio as well as Non-standable 5G NR. While most networks in the planning and deployment phase currently rely on the NSA standard, SA networks are expected to be close behind.
Viavi...
Cable company Charter Communications plans to build a 100-node private network at its offices in Centennial, Colorado, using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz to test the technology's ability to support an enterprise network located mostly indoors.
According to an Special Temporary...
Automotive testing came into focus this week, with a number of companies involved in demonstrations and development related to testing of various types of vehicle-related technologies.
The 5G Automotive Association conducted cellular vehicle-to-everything testing in Berlin, with participation from BMW Group, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer...
Keysight Technologies is taking internal test automation software to open source, hoping to better help customers and speed up innovation. The company has launched its Open Test Automation Project, or OpenTAP, in partnership with Nokia.
"This is the first open-source project that Keysight is taking...
Keysight Technologies held its first-ever Keysight World company event in the U.S. this week, highlighting how new equipment offerings are supporting the latest technology trends as well as how the company has transformed itself in the years since its spin-off from Agilent.
Keysight CEO...
Cellular standards-based next-generation broadcasting is being tested in the Bavarian region of Germany by a coalition of partners that includes Rohde & Schwarz, Kathrein and Telefónica Germany, as well as the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation and the Broadcast Technology Institute IRT.
The testing of Further evolved...
AT&T recently claimed "fastest national network" status, based on crowdsourced, device-based Ookla Speedtest data -- and this week, Ookla responded with a blog entry that provided more insights on the data and a subtle "slow your roll" to the carrier.
According to AT&T's press...
CommScope and Google have successfully testing the environmental sensing capabilities, or ESC, that will enable the use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum.
The companies said this week that they received official word from the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences that their jointly developed...
5G is becoming real, and in many cases, people's first 5G experience is going to come via Wi-Fi, said Adam Smith, director of product management at test company LitePoint.
"Actually, Wi-Fi is going to be a huge piece of how we interact with , particularly...
With 5G dominating the conversations at this year's Mobile World Congress, the technology is moving from labs and trials into the field -- and the test industry's focus has shifted accordingly. A number of the products launched at MWC aim to support 5G field...
Smartphones accounted for 49% of certified devices last year, while IoT modules were the fastest-growing device segment
Cellular devices are becoming more complex, supporting more bands than ever -- and the number of certified internet of things devices is booming, according to the Global Certification...
Network and service assurance needs are evolving rapidly, as more applications — both network functions that support telecom network operations, and enterprise applications — are becoming virtualized. SNS Research estimates that service provider SDN and NFV investments will have a compound annual growth rate...
Test companies are spotlighting internet of things testing and 5G at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with offerings that reflect the continued ramp-up of new technology and an increased focus on devices as 5G commercialization comes closer.
Rohde & Schwarz said that it...
Keysight Technologies, AT&T and some of their fellow Open Radio Access Network Alliance members have developed a white-box O-RAN millimeter wave unit for 5G networks that will be showcased at Mobile World Congress, in a live demo that the companies say "combines essential building...
The Telecommunications Industry Association has started up a new standards task group that aims to develop industry best practices for edge data centers.
The work will update TIA's existing TIA-942 standard -- which was developed with large, centralized data centers in mind -- to include...
As Rakuten, Japan's newest mobile operator, joins the market with a new network build-out, the carrier will be using Viavi Solutions' TM500 system to help with end-to-end validation of its cloud-native mobile network.
Rakuten is aiming for an October 2019 launch of 4G services and...
With indoor 5G expected to be a major part of opening up new enterprise and industrial use cases and seen as essential to operators' 5G competitiveness, Rohde & Schwarz featured an indoor 5G demonstration in partnership with network planning company iBwave and equipment provider Anokiwave.
The...
Germany's Dekra will undergo a major reorganization in January, shifting from its current three business units (automotive, industrial and personnel) to integrating its services across eight segments. The testing, inspection and certification company plans to work with Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica for network support...
Viavi Solutions has introduced what it calls the first "true" 5G base station analyzer, designed to support large-scale network deployments.
CellAdvisor 5G brings Viavi's longtime CellAdvisor base station analyzer line for validating and troubleshooting the Radio Access Network into the 5G era. With early 5G...
