As the evolution to 5G technology advances worldwide, network operators are increasingly interested in exploring open radio access network (Open RAN) technology. Open RAN is promoted as offering a host of business benefits for both incumbent and new mobile operators, including greater agility and...
Viavi Solutions has released a new version of its Observer network performance and monitoring platform, bringing what it describes as "true three-dimensional network observability" by enabling the platform to provide visibility across different locations and data sources, and a flexible approach to scale.
Observer...
French operator Orange has officially inaugurated its Open RAN Integration Center, the telco said in a release.
The new testing and integration facility will enable companies from the O-RAN ecosystem to test and validate their products and services.
Orange’s O-RAN facility is located at Orange Gardens...
With some operators projecting MEC-related service revenues in the 2022 timeframe, what's the current state of play? Beyond operators building out new compute infrastructure, how can existing public cloud infrastructure and on-prem enterprise equipment be leveraged to more quickly deliver on latency-sensitive use cases...
Open RAN in 2020 was all about communicating the value proposition and gaining validation from major global operators. In 2021, with that validation in hand, the Open RAN ecosystem is pushing toward delivering on those benefits. Priorities include a broader pool of hardware support,...
As hybrid work and hybrid learning become the new normal, Keysight Technologies this week highlighted two of its initiatives in support of remote learning: One for professional engineers, and one that enables university labs to support remote laboratory access.
Keysight University is the company's...
Viavi Solutions continues its efforts to support the testing needs of the developing Open RAN ecosystem, this time with Capgemini Engineering. Viavi says it has partnered with Capgemini Engineering in Portugal to deliver a 5G and O-RAN lab test capability that leveraged Viavi’s O-RAN...
With some operators projecting MEC-related service revenues in the 2022 timeframe, what's the current state of play? Beyond operators building out new compute infrastructure, how can existing public cloud infrastructure and on-prem enterprise equipment be leveraged to more quickly deliver on latency-sensitive use cases...
Open RAN in 2020 was all about communicating the value proposition and gaining validation from major global operators. In 2021, with that validation in hand, the Open RAN ecosystem is pushing toward delivering on those benefits. Priorities include a broader pool of hardware support,...
EXFO's plan to go private under the ownership of its founder and executive chairman has been approved by the Superior Court of Québec. The transaction is expected to be completed around August 27, meaning that the company will transition to being privately held before the end...
The saga of Viavi Solutions' pursuit of competitor EXFO appears to be over. A majority of EXFO's minority shareholders have voted to take the test company private in a transaction with its majority shareholder, founder and executive chairman Germain Lamonde.
A 30-minute virtual meeting...
Open RAN in 2020 was all about communicating the value proposition and gaining validation from major global operators. In 2021, with that validation in hand, the Open RAN ecosystem is pushing toward delivering on those benefits. Priorities include a broader pool of hardware support,...
Airspan Networks CEO Eric Stonestrom provides a bit of company history, looks at industry trends around Open RAN and private networks, and discusses what's next for the company as it works to go public through an SPAC process.
EXFO's founder, majority shareholder and executive chairman calls Viavi's multiple offers for the company "noise on the line"
Germain Lamonde says he has fielded many offers to buy EXFO, the network test and measurement company that he founded, over the decades that it has been...
Altiostar said that it is expanding its flagship U.K. test lab, located in the London area, and it is hiring new staff to support expanded software development, customer support and testing for 4G and 5G Open Radio Access Network technologies.
The lab is set...
Viavi Solutions really, really wants to buy rival test company EXFO, and it has made a fourth and higher purchase offer -- which was promptly quashed, again, by EXFO founder, chairman and majority shareholder Germaine Lamonde.
Viavi had upped its most recent offer from...
VIAVI: The Philippines has surpassed South Korea in third place for number of cities covered by 5G
According the latest iteration of VIAVI’s “The State of 5G” report, 1,662 cities across 65 countries now have 5G services, with 2021 already seeing a more than 20%...
EXFO's board of directors has rejected a third acquisition offer from Viavi Solutions, in the face of unequivocal opposition from EXFO's founder, chairman and controlling shareholder.
The board was faced with two competing offers: A recent go-private offer from Chairman Germaine Lamonde at $6...
Midband (or C-band) is considered the “waterfront property” of RF spectrum for 5G. It offers the best compromise between RF coverage and RF bandwidth, and with 100 MHz of bandwidth, C-band can truly enable the highly hyped enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) use cases. Yet,...
"I will not consider any alternative change of control transaction of EXFO," says company founder & chairman
EXFO Founder and Chairman Germain Lamonde has extended an acquisition offer for outstanding shares that will take EXFO private, and when Viavi Solutions used that offer as an...
Viavi Solutions has made optical spectrum analysis a new module option on its Viavi Multiple Application Platform (MAP) Optical Manufacturing Test system, joining 17 other application modules for the MAP system. The MAP wideband optical spectrum analyzer (mOSA) offers a 30% improvement in measurement resolution compared...
EXFO this week debuted its 5GPro Spectrum Analyzer, which it claims is the only modular, field-focused radio frequency testing solution that can analyze both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave LTE and 5G New Radio in a single, field-upgradeable solution.
In particular, EXFO emphasized the...
NI announced this week that it's joining OpenRF, a group of chipmakers and other ecosystem players that want to see an "open and interoperable ecosystem" between chipsets and the radio-frequency front end (RFFE).
OpenRF was founded in October 2020 by Broadcom, Intel, Mediatek, Samsung, Quorvo,...
U.K. network provider Openreach is using Viavi Solutions' Optical Network Monitoring System (ONMSi) to speed up its ambitious Full Fibre broadband deployment through remote validation and monitoring.
Under the Full Fibre initiative, Openreach has committed to building out millions of new fiber-to-the-premise locations to expand broadband...
