More than half of the companies surveyed in a new report from Keysight Technologies are either already deploying or plan to deploy 5G technologies in the next 12 months.
"The 5G market is well underway," Keysight concluded, and added that its research " the pent-up...
Verizon is emphasizing development of new technologies for first responders with the launch of a new 5G lab in Washington, D.C., focused on testing 5G solutions that will be used for public safety.
The new 5G First Responder Lab will be located at Verizon's 5G...
Anritsu and reverberation chamber testing company Bluetest are collaborating on 5G over-the-air testing capabilities, Bluetest's second recent partnership in 5G OTA testing.
Anritsu's Radio Communications Test Station MT8000A and Bluetest's OTA Reverberation Test System RTS65 have been integrated in order to support 5G OTA testing....
Keysight said its 5G test solutions will allow Korean firm DT&C to deliver 5G testing and verification services to the local mobile device ecosystem
Keysight Technologies said it has been selected by DT&C, a Korea-based company that offers test certification services, to establish what it...
Analyst firm Frost & Sullivan has identified half a dozen drivers for the electronic test and measurement market over the next five years in a new report. Those drivers are: autonomous driving; 5G; the internet of things; data centers; power applications; and new, high-speed...
New 5G base station test solution aimed at manufacturing test
In the ramp-up to 5G deployment, Keysight Technologies is focusing on manufacturing test for 5G base stations. The test company this week unveiled a new offering aimed at making 5G base station manufacturing testing scalable,...
Test trends at MWCA were dominated by 5G
It was a busy week for test companies at Mobile World Congress Americas, and while one subject -- 5G testing -- dominated the demos, it wasn't the only area of focus.
The three big test trends from MWCA...
Rohde & Schwarz's deep packet inspection specialist, ipoque, has launched a new network traffic analytics offering for network operators that supports up to 100 gigabit network speeds and is designed to be used for network planning, product marketing and customer care.
R&S Intra has real-time...
Keysight's communication solutions group sees largest growth
Keysight Technologies saw its revenues rise 21% year-over-year to hit a record of $1 billion for the quarter, the company reported, with the strongest growth in its Communication Solutions Group. Keysight earned $832 million during the same period last...
Keysight’s solutions allow users to validate the protocol signaling and radio frequency performance of 5G New Radio mobile devices in a laboratory environment
Keysight Technologies has extended its collaboration with Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo by providing its 5G network emulation solutions for validating new 5G...
Keysight acquires Thales Calibration Services
Keysight Technologies has purchased Melbourne-based Thales Calibration Services and says the buy means that Keysight is now the largest calibration and support services organization in Australia.
Keysight said that the Thales commercial calibration facility is "the largest commercial non-electronic metrology lab...
As quarterly results continue to roll in for test companies, Wireless Telecom Group saw its net revenues rise 12% in the second quarter, compared to its performance during the same period last year.
WTG reported net revenues of $13.4 million for the quarter. The company...
The move to Internet Protocol Version 6 addresses has been underway for a number of years, as the world exhausted the supply of IPv4 internet addresses. The momentum in software-defined networking and the internet of things is driving faster adoption of IPv6 -- and...
Verizon came out on top in nearly every category of network performance in the New York City metropolitan area and Los Angeles, California in the most recent round of testing by Rootmetrics. Rootmetrics recorded a median download speed of more than 40 Mbps for...
Testing company Intertek is boosting its network assurance portfolio with the acquisition of United Kingdom-based cybersecurity firm NTA Monitor. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
"An ever-greater emphasis is now placed on robust security assessment and compliance, with new and evolving data protection...
Keysight Technologies saw its revenues grow 31% year-over-year to $990 million, up from $753 million during the same period last year. Keysight President and CEO Ron Nersesian said that the growth was "driven by broad-based core order strength as customers accelerate development in our...
Anritsu has added 2x2 multiple-input multiple-output testing capabilities for 802.11ac to its MT8862A test equipment and says that with new software, it can test 2x2 MIMO on Wi-Fi equipment under "actual operating conditions," along with output signal quality, transmit power and receiver sensitivity.
Two of...
With first quarter results starting to come in, National Instruments had a record quarter and reported its highest-ever first quarter revenues of $312 million. That number is an increase of 4% year-over-year and continues the company's recent trend toward record numbers. Profits were up...
China Tower currently owns and operates a total of 2.5 million telecom towers across the Asian nation
Chinese state-run telecom tower company China Tower Corp has signed a cooperation agreement with compatriot firm State Grid Corp of China (SGCC).
Under the terms of the agreement, both...
In a promising sign for an equipment ecosystem for Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum, CommScope and Ericsson said this week that they successfully completed interoperability testing of Ericsson's equipment with CommScope's Spectrum Access System. This is the third SAS compatibility testing under Ericsson's belt;...
Despite momentum, 5G standards work is not complete
The past several months has seen an explosion in 5G momentum. It seems that every week brings another high-profile demonstration or an announcement of a new trial. The result of all this attention has dramatically shortened everyone’s...
Keysight Technologies' Ixia Solutions Group collaborated with networking company Innovium to validate terabit-speeds on an Innovium switch for supporting large-scale data centers.
The Innovatium Teralynx Ethernet switch line was able to achieve 12.8 Tbps in a single chip, as validated by Keysight's K400 400 gigabit...
In the three years since Keysight Technologies' last investor day, the company has been working on one theme: transformation. From being part of Agilent to charting its own path as an independent company; from hardware to software; from boxes to services.
"It's pretty amazing to...
Rohde & Schwarz and Chinese chip company Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint operator test lab in China as well as extend their existing test relationships to include 5G work.
The two companies said that at the new...
