What is shakedown testing?
Shakedown testing, also known as site acceptance testing, is site testing that occurs when contractors have completed construction and installation work at a network site, but before a site is handed over to the carrier's operations team.
Texas-based Verveba Telecom specializes in...
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Paul Gowans, mobile strategy director for JDSU, talked with RCR Wireless' Kelly Hill about key takeaways from his session as part of the hetnet track at the LTE North America conference, as well as the status of Voice over LTE deployments.
"I think we're moving...
DALLAS – Last month, test and measurement company Anite announced it was acquiring U.S.-based data post-processing and analytics company Xceed for $30 million.
At the LTE North America conference in Dallas this week, Markku Toiviainen, VP and GM for Anite's network testing business, talked...
Keysight Technologies reported revenue up 8% from a year ago to $762 million, in its first independent financial reporting after being separated from Agilent Technologies at the beginning of November.
Full-year revenue of $2.93 billion, up 2% year-over-year, was above the midpoint of the company's...
Effective Nov. 3, Keysight began trading as an independent company on the NYSE. Officially a new company with a 75-year legacy, Keysight was founded in 1939 as Hewlett-Packard and then Agilent’s electronic measurement group. The company is now 100% focused on electronic design, test and measurement issues.
Keysight...
Test and measurement companies are expanding their support for specs coming from the MIPI Alliance, which establishes standards for mobile device hardware and software interfaces.
Tektronix said it has the first physical layer transmitter characterization and debugging solution for the new MIPI M-Phy v3.1 specification...
Spirent Communications released the latest results from its ongoing analysis of customer experience on LTE networks in the United Kingdom, including new data from a dozen cities. They ranked O2 as the top U.K. operator for customer experience.
This is the second round of the...
Anite today introduced its latest benchmarking system for mobile networks and devices, which includes quality-of-service and quality-of-experience testing and covers Long Term Evolution, LTE-Advanced, Cat 6 and Voice over LTE technologies for smartphones.
Nemo Invex II for drive testing and device assessment is designed for...
--Ixia met its revenue guidance but delivered a net loss for the quarter, in the midst of what new CEO Bethany Mayer called a "challenging network equipment spending environment."
Mayer told investors on Ixia's quarterly call that the "near-term spending environment will continue to be...
Keysight Technologies (KEYS) has officially completed its split from parent company Agilent Technologies. The new electronic test and measurement company began regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEYS today.
Stock was distributed on Friday at the close of business, with...
In its first quarterly call since announcing that the company will split into two, JDSU reported revenue up about 1% year-over-year, while it narrowed its losses and exceeded its guidance.
JDSU had revenue of $433.6 million, with profits of $33Â million on a non-GAAP basis and a net...
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at test and measurement news to see what's afoot.
--Â Anite announced this week that it has signed a multiyear deal with Deutsche...
In a small, simple box, Signal Hound has put big capabilities. The small company located in La Center, Washington, has been working for years on designing and manufacturing its line of compact, lightweight USB-powered signal analyzers that offer significant abilities to analyze and record...
Network performance monitoring company NetScout is making a major purchase of communications test and measurement assets, buying Tektronix Communications and some parts of Fluke Networks as well as advanced network threat mitigation company Arbor Networks from international conglomerate Danaher for $2.6 billion in stock.
The...
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at test and measurement news to see what's afoot.
-- EXFO saw its sales drop slightly in the most recent quarter, to...
Test and measurement company Rohde & Schwarz is one of the largest test and measurement companies globally. It currently has openings in the U.S. as well as Germany, Singapore, the Czech Republic, and other countries for engineers, interns, instrument calibration work, marketing and more. Privately...
Editor's Note:Â The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at network testing news and trends to see what's afoot.
—A new report from Frost & Sullivan notes that expanded investment...
After filing delayed financial reports, Ixia is back in compliance with listing requirements on the Nasdaq — just in time for its new CEO to start.
Ixia reported its most recent financial results and has filed updated reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the...
LAS VEGAS — It was a busy week for the networking testing space at Super Mobility Week, with a slew of product announcements that increased the options available for low-cost, app-based testing as well as exploring more virtualization and service-related monitoring.
Perhaps the biggest splash...
JDSU has announced plans to separate its business into two separate, publicly traded companies: one that focuses on network and service enablement, optical security and performance; and a second that consists of JDSU's commercial laser and optical products business.
Neither of the intended companies has...
Editor's Note:Â The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
—As the industry inches closer to voice over LTE deployment,...
The test and measurement space is one that has seen a significant amount of consolidation over the years. But even as some companies combine through mergers and acquisitions, others are becoming pure-play wireless-focused test companies, such as Agilent Technologies' spinoff of Keysight Technologies, and...
The network test and measurement space is one where significant consolidation has been occurring over the years, or where major international companies such as Danaher (owner of testing companies Fluke Networks and Tektronix) and Cobham plc have made purchases in order to extend or...
