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...
Viavi Solutions said this week that it is collaborating with the China Mobile Research Institute on network slicing support for a 5G launch by the end of 2019, following "strategic meetings on 5G planning" in January between Madam Yang Zhiqiang, deputy general manager of CMRI,...
Keysight Technologies has made its choice for the new president of its Ixia Group, and interim group President Mark Pierpoint will officially take the role of president for the long term.
Pierpoint has been leading Ixia Group since former group president and ex-CEO Bethany Mayer...
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...
Although test companies have long been at the forefront of 5G work, the official advent of the 5G New Radio standard has meant that a number of vendors are reminding the industry of their 5G capabilities or launching new ones.
Just in time for the...
Despite its headquarters being closed for three weeks due to northern California wildfires, Keysight delivered a fourth quarter that its CEO called "outstanding," and the company reported record orders of more than $1 billion.
"While our headquarters was closed for over three weeks due to...
Former Ixia CEO led the company through the Keysight acquisition
Bethany Mayer, the former CEO of Ixia who led the company through its acquisition by Keysight Technologies, is leaving her role as president of Keysight's Ixia Solution Group.
Keysight announced the news this morning, saying that...
Overcoming wireless network interference in the field is a major challenge given the exponential growth in demand for mobile services and the volume of wireless signals traversing today’s networks. For complete assessment, technicians and engineers typically have to carry multiple instruments in their kit...
Company reports damage from Santa Rosa wildfires
The corporate headquarters of test company Keysight Technologies is shut down and suffered minor damage in the wildfires that have wiped out parts of Santa Rosa, California.
Although a local news report claimed that the campus had been...
Both Cadillac and Daimler Trucks are putting new connected vehicle technologies to the test on U.S. roads.
Cadillac has a dozen vehicles on the road that began a journey from New York City to California this week. The CT6 models have "Super Cruise," a hands-free highway driving system...
Ixia says its cloud visibility offering is the first to support all major public cloud platforms
Ixia has added support for additional major public cloud platforms to its CloudLens software-as-a-service cloud visibility solution, and says that its offering is the first to offer end-to-end visibility...
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...
Both vendors have announced progress with IoT testing solutions
Test equipment vendors are wasting no time in readying their solutions to support the low-power wide area connectivity technologies that enable the internet of things.
Anritsu says it is the first test company to earn global certification...
Keysight's $1.6 billion purchase of Ixia is already bearing fruit. The combined company has announced a new emulation system that it says is the first in the industry to provide simultaneous cellular and Wi-Fi testing.
"User experience testing in mobile devices requires evaluation of...
Semiconductor test market expected to reach more than $20 billion by 2021
According to a new report from TechNavio, the semiconductor test space is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of almost 6% over the next few years, and reach $20.46 billion by...
Keysight, Anritsu boost 5G testing support
"5G" testing support continues to ramp up, as vendors seek to support research, development and early field trials of pre-standard 5G.
This week, Anritsu launched a new spectrum analyzer with 5G testing capabilities including wideband test, its MS2805A. The analyzer can...
Keysight acquisition presents a new path for Ixia
Almost three years after Bethany Mayer took the helm at Ixia, the company has been acquired by Keysight Technologies. The $1.6 billion transaction closed in April, and now the former Ixia CEO will be using her experience...
Keysight, Qualcomm will collaborate on testing 5G chips
Qualcomm Technologies will use Keysight Technologies' test equipment and design tools to develop "5G" chips. The two companies announced a collaboration this week on 5G chipset development. Qualcomm will be utilizing Keysight offerings such as its network...
Embedded systems are set to connect more and more devices to the internet, and the testing of these systems represents a new opportunity for makers of wireless test equipment.
Keysight Technologies recently said its narrowband IoT RF performance test solution was selected by RDA Microelectronics,...
Benchmarking company P3 Communications has been busy of late, expanding its operations and partnerships with companies such as InfoVista, and has received a few shout-outs on its testing during recent results calls from wireless operators.
During the recent 5G North America, P3 Communications CEO Dirk Bernhardt...
Network benchmarking company P3 Group and network performance solution company InfoVista announced a partnership this week to provide global mobile network benchmarking services, combining P3's measurement capabilities with InfoVista's recently acquired TEMS solutions for network monitoring, testing and optimization.
InfoVista bought TEMS from Ascom in...
IoT testing takes center stage as China Telecom looks to deploy a nationwide IoT network.
U.S. firm Keysight Technologies announced its cellular-based internet of things testing solution was selected by China Telecom to help accelerate its narrowband IoT chipset and module certification process.
Based...
