BROWSING: Spirent Communications

In a more open and flexible network environment, the attack surface has been 'opened up' Emerging technologies like cloud, edge and AI represent serious opportunities for telcos when it comes to network performance, efficiency and potential new revenue streams; however, they also present a host...

Telcos are recognizing that in order to monetize the potential inherent in cloud-native networks, they must simplify the interface for developers While open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) were a big topic at this and last year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona thanks to the GSMA...

Keysight has offered nearly $1.5 billion for Spirent U.K.-based test and measurement company Spirent Communications is passing on Viavi Solutions’ previous $1.3 billion purchase proposal in favor of a higher bid from Keysight Technologies, and U.S.-based testing company. The new offer from Keysight includes a...

Well, this is wild: In a scenario meant to mimic the lunar surface, four robots cooperatively built a five-meter communications tower, including antenna—and then disassembled it, simulating not only the construction of such a structure but maintenance and sustainable operations for lunar infrastructure development. Robotics...

Spirent's CEO blames tough market conditions on impact to company's finances Viavi Solutions has made a bid to acquire Spirent Communications for $1.3 billion, and pending approval by shareholders, the test-industry-changing transaction is expected to close in the second half of this year. The all-cash...

The move 5G Standalone and cloud native requires an overhaul of technology stack and organizational workflows While the industry is already beating the 6G drum, there’s still a lot left to do with 5G. The move to 5G Standalone (SA) and leveraging a cloud-native core...

Simulation and validation company dSpace is partnering with Spirent Communications to leverage Spirent's high-fidelity global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) simulator, the Spirent GSS7000, as part of a turnkey solution to make Autonomous Driving Hardware-in-the-Loop test systems (AD-HIL) "even more realistic" by including real-time positioning...

Spirent Communications has landed a contract to modernize and automate a global network of test laboratories for a financial services organization. The project, which kicks off in December, puts Spirent in the position of designing, installing and configuring the unnamed company's new, automated testing...

Wi-Fi 7 introduces the concept of priority channels and the ability to schedule traffic The Wi-Fi Alliance is expected to certify the Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) standard sometime around the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024. However, despite its yet-to-be-certified status, the latest...

Test and measurement company Ametek has acquired amplifier design and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing company Amplifier Research. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ametek paid $105 million in cash for Amplifier Research, which is based in Pennsylvania and has annual sales...

This week, Spirent Communications' Chief Marketing Officer Cheryl Ragland discusses how telecom marketing has changed in recent years due to things like the pandemic and evolving customer expectations. She also assesses the value of hype when it comes to new technologies hitting the market. https://soundcloud.com/rcrwirelessnews/well-technically-there-is-some-value-in-the-marketing-hype-ep-108?si=b82a6825ed794d2eb2f1b1a29dbb39cd&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Rohde & Schwarz partnered with French start-up Greenerwave on a recent measurement campaign for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), which are being explored as part of development for both 5G millimeter wave and future 6G systems. Both companies are part of the one6G alliance and...

A new survey of enterprises interested in adopting private networks lays out two primary reasons that they want to do so—and it's not driven by vertical-specific, high-performance use cases. Instead, they see the primary value of private networks as providing increased security and network...

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 the 5G era, operators are thinking of providing differentiated services to drive new monetization opportunities, according to Spirent Communications The key objective of 5G is to enable new monetization avenues beyond the traditional connectivity business model. Service providers should think of their networks as...

NI and Spirent Communications have teamed up on what they say is the "first and only" comprehensive test solution for the Open RAN Radio Unit (RU). The new offering uses application layer testing with "any commercial device" for real-time O-RU validation, the partners said,...

A bevy of partners including Spirent Communications and the 5G Open Innovation Lab worked together to spotlight a new private network solution that is aimed at making easier to deploy enterprise private mobile networks and assure their performance. The collab includes cloud application and...

Cloud, Open RAN and increased complexity means visibility is more important than ever Telecom networks are facing a slew of simultaneous changes that are increasing complexity, from the deployment of 5G and the addition of new, higher frequency spectrum bands to the cloudification of the...

The main business driver for private networks is security, according to a Spirent report It comes as no surprise that talk of private wireless was rampant at Mobile World Congress 2023, and while Steve Douglas, head of market strategy at Spirent Communications, was impressed by...

The three (not so) easy pieces of 5G service assurance—orchestration, the edge, and end-to-end visibility Here’s a hypothetical: A manufacturing enterprise has looked at its options for gaining production efficiencies and opted to use various video analytics backed by private 5G. A partner is engaged,...

'5G is the network generation where service provider paths diverge,' according to Spirent's 5G outlook 5G is in full swing, but the path to monetizing the newest generation of wireless network technology is likely to look very different across service providers, according to a new...

It sometimes seems like we’ve been talking about 5G forever; yet ask Communications Service Providers (CSPs), vendors and other industry stakeholders, and you’ll hear the same refrain: we’re only at the beginning of this journey. With 5G coverage now blanketing many markets, we’re about...

With latency becoming an increasingly important part of enabling new services and monetizing 5G, just what does testing to assure low latency look like? Rich McNally, senior director of mobile service strategy with Spirent Communications, discussed real-world observations and lessons on latency testing at...

5G has far broader ambitions than being another generation of mobile technology that primarily services consumers with voice and data services. As Spirent Communications' Stephen Douglas, head of market strategy, put it at the Mobile Edge Forum virtual event, 5G "has these ambitions to...