Keysight updates on Open RAN innovations and the testing processes behind them
Open RAN contains multitudes. It’s an ideological movement grounded in the belief that a diverse radio supplier ecosystem begets competitions which begets advantageous economics which begets more and faster innovation. It’s an ongoing...
One way to asses what test and measurement companies think is coming next in terms of needed technologies and capabilities is to look at the ways in which they have been expanding their portfolios with new automation and analytics offerings. They are also increasingly...
The first Global Open Testing and Integration Center (OTIC) Summit was held in late August, and more than 190 participants from 12 countries representing network operators, government agencies, vendors, lab operators, academia and the O-RAN Alliance leadership team attended the event, said co-organizer Keysight...
The momentum around non-terrestrial networks (NTN) continues to build, with both Keysight Technologies and Viavi Solutions this week announcing NTN-related developments.
Keysight and MediaTek joined up to verify that MediaTek's 5G modem technology supports 5G New Radio and internet of things (IoT) technologies based...
Keysight's communications solutions segment sees drop in commercial communications revenues, more than offset by aerospace/defense growth
Keysight Technologies continued a run of recent record quarters, reporting that it brought in revenues of $1.38 billion—a figure that was roughly flat compared to the same period last...
Private networks present a number of challenges for testing and assurance. By their nature, private networks are delivering some type of service aspect that cannot be achieved via the public network, whether that be more secure access, targeted coverage, or more sophisticated features such...
Keysight Technologies said that it has received Global Certification Forum approval for the first validated test cases for 5G New Radio Release 16 power-saving features; specifically, demodulation and radio resource management (RRM) in Band n78 (3.5 GHz).
Keysight said that it also received GCF approval...
As networks rapidly evolve with the advancements in 5G, Open RAN, millimeter-wave, and midband spectrum technologies, ensuring seamless performance and user experience has become crucial for operators. How does testing keep pace? What are the key challenges that operators currently face in testing and...
In future 6G wireless communications systems, ultra-high-speed wireless communications are expected to be achieved by utilizing the 300 GHz band, NTT said
Japanese company NTT and researchers with the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced the successful demonstration of a phased-array transmitter module to enable instantaneous...
Keysight Technologies has teamed up with space-based NB-IoT start-up Skylo to put together a certification program for 3GPP 5G Release 17 Non-Terrestrial Network chipsets, modules and devices to be used on Skylo's network. Skylo will use Keysight's testing solutions combined with Skylo's own test...
Note, this is an excerpt from a new editorial report, called Private 5G for IoT – plotting timelines, defining applications and making bets. The full report is available to download for free here. An on-demand webinar on the same topic is available here.
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Keysight Technologies is making the move to acquire real-time digital twin company ESI Group through a share buy-out which values the company at nearly $1 billion. The company said this week that it has already made a binding offer to some shareholders in order...
Viavi Solutions said this week that Philippine engineering and technology solutions provider Fiber Infrastructure and Network Services Inc. (FINSI) will be using Viavi's OneAdvisor 800 platform for testing as it serves the telecom, energy and infrastructure industries across the island nation with fiber and...
The partners said they had also participated in the O-RAN Alliance's global plugfest for spring 2023
Asian companies KT, NTT Docomo and Fujitsu, together with SOLiD, Keysight Technologies and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), said they have successfully conducted an interoperability test using virtualized...
Indian tech company Wipro has opened its first testing facility in the U.S., a 5G-focused test center in Austin, Texas, where it is working closely with Palo Alto Networks. The 5G-Def-i Innovation Center will focus on compliance certification of 5G devices and modules as...
In case you missed it, RCR Wireless ran a webinar session last month under the heading ‘Private 5G for IoT – plotting timelines, defining applications, and making bets’. The session is available on-demand, and also attached to a full editorial report, out in a...
A rural Indiana community is getting both high-speed internet service and a new, connected testbed focused on agricultural technology, built as a collaborative effort between network services provider Hawk Networks and Camden, Indiana-based R&D company RuralUrban.
According to the partners, Hawk Networks will be...
Keysight Technologies reported a strong second quarter, with record revenues that were up 3% to $1.39 billion, or 5% when the impacts of foreign currency impacts and revenues from businesses acquired or divested were excluded.
Net income for the quarter was $283 million, up from...
Keysight, NPL, and the University of Surrey established the first sub-THz high throughput 6G testbed in the U.K.
Keysight Technologies, in collaboration with National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Surrey, claimed the first 6G connection at speeds over 100 Gbps over sub-terahertz (THz)...
Keysight offers a software-focused portfolio of private 5G network lifecycle management solutions
Keysight Technologies and system integrator Future Technologies Venture are collaborating to boost the adoption of private 5G network across the U.S.
The companies aim to offer solutions encompassing the design, deployment, delivery, and operations...
Built on the Keysight O-RAN Architect solution, the lab offers a setup to conduct radio unit testing
Keysight announced it is launching its first complete Open RAN (O-RAN) testing laboratory for Europe at the company's Milan office in Italy.
The company noted that the main aim...
International test house DEKRA has acquired Taiwan-based Onward Security as part of its goal to expand its portfolio in cybersecurity product testing and certification.
Onward Security focuses on cybersecurity compliance solutions for companies in IoT and industrial IoT device manufacturing, as well as automotive, industrial...
With the move into higher frequency bands (and TDD), there are coverage range and penetration losses. In standards work, 3GPP has created an option to compensate for this: High-Powered User Equipment, or HPUE. Originally aimed at supporting the communications range boost needed by first...
BARCELONA—It was a hectic week for test and measurement vendors at Mobile World Congress 2023, with a slew of announcements, and demonstrations across the Fira, that illuminate where the industry's attention and development efforts are focused.
Power usage—specifically, telecom equipment that can use...