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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 …

Irvine, Calif.-based Infinite Electronics has acquired a number of well-known radio frequency brands from Smiths Group. Infinite purchased Smiths Interconnect’s Microwave Telecoms operations, which includes test equipment company Kaelus, RF protection equipment …

Fiber is helping mobile network operators take advantage of LTE-Advanced technology and will be critical in “5G” network architectures, but there are challenges associated with fiber at cell towers and …

Vendors are prepping for next week’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. In terms of preshow news, there are two primary areas of focus for testing and monitoring companies: “5G” …

A report from Viavi Solutions claims 12 operators have already carried out field testing of 5G technology. Twenty-five mobile operators have announced plans for lab testing of “5G” technologies, according …

Internet of things-focused Thread Group is making progress on its work toward an IoT standard for smart home use cases. The group has launched its certification program, starting with four software …

The most recent quarter has so far been largely positive for test and measurement companies. –Teradyne reported a record quarter for orders as it closed out 2016, which the company said was …

The companies that build and operate wireless networks are not the only businesses poised to profit as carriers densify their networks with small cells. As network nodes multiply, a number …

As fronthaul and backhaul merge fiber, copper and wireless in the cloud, 5G optimization brings a new set of challenges While the technologies that will come together to define 5G …

From RAN to core, 5G SON will automate cross-domain personalized networks for vertical applications The majority of current SON solutions focus on the radio access network, but with 5G the …

From NB-IoT to autonomous vehicles, as networks converge and move to the cloud, Viavi focuses on end-to-end SON 5G is envisioned as a unifying architecture capable of seamlessly supporting a …

LitePoint said it has launched the first over-the-air test system for Bluetooth low energy devices, also known as Bluetooth Smart. The company’s new Bluetooth Advanced test system supports OTA characterization …

Viavi Solutions and activist shareholder group Sandell Asset Management have been trading open letters about Viavi’s future. During the former JDS Uniphase’s split into Viavi and Lumentum, communications and commercial optical products …

As service providers continue to grow their RF network footprints, they are under tremendous pressure to reduce deployment time to meet constant network demands and reduce OpEx. Fiber to the …

Quickly locate RF interference sources with advanced interference hunting techniques. With RF spectrum proliferation, interference issues are inevitable. Interference can reduce coverage, capacity, and throughput by desensitizing receivers, increasing noise …

To meet an increasingly diverse set of usage profiles, mobile network operators are building heterogeneous radio access networks that combine macro, small cell and WiFi technologies from different vendors across …

Suddenly, on a Monday morning around 9:30 am, we started to get calls at the NOC of high dropped calls near a strip mall; this continued till 6 pm. Everything …

Two-thirds of enterprises have deployed some aspect of software-defined networking, according to the ninth annual “State of the Network” report from Viavi Solutions, and around 90% of them already have …

NICE, France – The days of just monitoring network performance metrics to gauge overall performance have given way to much more consumer-facing indicators designed to go beyond service assurance and …

Network testing company Global Wireless Solutions is challenging RootMetrics‘ popular crowd-sourced ratings of wireless carriers with a new OneScore rating system for wireless carriers, which takes into consideration both how users …

The introduction of new cellular technologies has significantly improved spectral efficiency; however, data demand has outpaced the spectral efficiency benefit. Cellular spectrum holdings cannot keep up with mobile data growth. …

Viavi Solutions has a new CEO as of this week, with Oleg Khaykin taking over from interim president and CEO Richard Belluzzo. Viavi had been operating under Belluzzo’s leadership since former …

One fatality, one tower climber injury and one rescue this week After a relatively quiet January in the tower world, there have been reports of tower accidents and rescues this …

A conversation about QoE with Paul Gowans, Wireless & RAN Solutions Marketing Manager, and Ronnie Neil, Customer Experience Assurance Solutions Marketing Manager Download a transcript of the interview and be …