Many expected 2020 to be the year of 5G. Then the pandemic hit. And now there’s talk of 2021 being the year of 5G. Where does 5G really stand globally?
This webinar explores how different regulations, spectrum availability and customer demands impact the deployment and...
If you’re making wideband signal analyzer measurements, magnitude and phase errors introduced by cables and fixtures may be impacting your results in ways you haven’t encountered at narrower bandwidths.
Keysight’s new RCal helps you easily calibrate out errors from your measurement setup, improving your test...
An Open RAN conversation with Eng Wei Koo, Director of Technology, 5G Solutions, Keysight Technologies
With greenfield builds in Japan and the U.S., and a major commitment from European operators, Open RAN is poised to have a meaningful impact on the way networks are bought...
Editor's Note: You can read Part 1 of this piece here.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it.
Wi-Fi has never been more important than it was in 2020, with distance learning and remote...
Pandemic, social distancing, flattening the curve, positivity rates, super-spreader events, quarantining, contact tracing, respiratory droplets, PPE – when we look back on 2020, these might be the obvious reflections. With a significant amount of work, school, and life conducted from home, 2020 highlighted the...
2020 trends show a serious 'pivot' in connectivity testing
RCR Wireless News caught up with test and measurement company Spirent Communications' head of 5G strategy, Steve Douglas, to discuss some of the connectivity trends that the company saw unfold throughout 2020, as well as what...
Mentor exec: 'testing is the key to 5G network success'
Mentor Graphics, which was acquired by Siemens in 2017 for $4.5 billion, has joined the O-RAN Alliance. Mentor, which specializes in pre- and post-silicon verification and validation solutions, will work to develop verification and validation...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
T-Mo grow, grow,...
Keysight says it has supported the development of about 75% of 5G devices
Pandemic notwithstanding, the march toward 5G is so far continuing at a rapid clip across the industry, with new networks launched since the beginning of the year, a surge of available devices...
Despite sales drop, EXFO says that some 'well-funded' companies are increasing capex
Network testing and analytics company EXFO said that the temporary shut down of its manufacturing center in China impacted its sales in the most recent quarter, but as a key supplier for the...
LitePoint is focused on 5G spectrum, devices and scaling for the RAN
Adam Smith, director of product marketing at LitePoint spoke, with RCR Wireless News about how millimeter wave is changing the test and measurement game and where 5G's biggest growth opportunities lie.
Q: What is LitePoint...
Addressing the capacity loss question around Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Dynamic spectrum sharing is seen as a key technology operators will employ to scale out 5G coverage by using software-based scheduling to transmit LTE and 5G NR signals in the same band at the same time....
There are significant decreases in mobility happening across Europe as COVID-19 spreads through the region, according to new data analysis from network benchmarking company umlaut.
umlaut, formerly P3, gathers its crowd-sourced data from devices that have apps which include its anonymized data collection working in...
Spirent Communications says that it has already closed more than 100 5G deals this year, in a reflection of just how fast the next generation of wireless technology is moving into deployment -- and that service assurance is being built-in from the earliest days.
“If...
As AT&T continues to ramp up its build-out of the First Responders Network Authority’s Band 14 spectrum, adding that beachfront 700 MHz spectrum to existing systems poses some deployment challenges.
The FirstNet build-out is happening rapidly. AT&T says that it has deployed Band 14 spectrum...
Testing comes ahead of 5G spectrum auction planned for 2020
Viavi Solutions announced it is working with Brazil's national telecommunications agency Anatel to evaluate and test 5G-suitable spectrum ahead of auctions that will take place in 2020.
Viavi is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions...
I recently heard someone in the telecom space say that we’ve taken this “rectangular piece of glass” as far as we possibly can, despite carriers today aggressively looking to be more relevant in our digital future. Seeking innovation and disruption, carriers today are seemingly...
Today marks a fresh start for a test business that has been a part of several companies in recent years, and now gets a chance to stand on its own.
NetScout has spun out the enterprise Wi-Fi and wired testing business that was previously part...
Chipset production for 5G has been ramping quickly over the past six months and is expected to continue through the rest of this year, according to David Hall, head of semiconductor marketing at National Instruments.
NI used its annual NI Week event to highlight its...
With 5G starting to hit the market and more devices expected to arrive in the second half of this year and in 2020, user equipment development and testing continue to accelerate.
National Instruments recently introduced a test user equipment device that supports real-time testing...
Tektronix is navigating a number of changes, with the recent announcement of a new company president -- the second this year -- and the shifting of its video monitoring business into a co-ownership arrangement.
Tami Newcombe, who has been commercial president of Tek since...
5G beamforming a critical technology for fixed wireless and mobility
Testing beamforming is tricky but crucial, because the technology introduces a level of complexity on both the infrastructure side and the device side that demands careful characterization and verification before 5G can be successfully deployed.
“Every...
While marketing departments for mobile operators around the world extol the seemingly endless benefits that 5G network rollouts enable, the fact is that operators face a glut of new complications to validate, activate and optimize 5G infrastructure.
Since 5G is not simply an incremental update...
