Private equity-backed data analytics-based roaming and network security company Mobileum has picked up network roaming test and fraud detection company Sigos. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sigo, which provides revenue assurance and fraud detection as well as active testing, says that it has...
EXFO saw its sales drop 10% year-over-year, but the financial impact of the global coronavirus pandemic was blunted in part by cost-cutting and a Canadian government program for wage subsidies.
"Despite constraints and restrictive measures in many countries, EXFO navigated through the coronavirus pandemic with...
The findings of Viavi Solutions' 13th annual State of the Network report can be summarized in one word: Disruption.
Networks are seeing "tremendous" and "dynamic disruption" as a result of "relentless technological advances, remote working reaching an all-time high and the expanding security threatscape," Viavi...
Keysight Technologies has acquired digital automation company Eggplant from The Carlyle Group for $330 million.
Keysight described Eggplant as a "software test automation platform provider that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics to automate test creation and test execution" and said that the company's Digital...
Semiconductor design company Synopsys has acquired analytics company Qualtera, which focuses on analysis of semiconductor design and manufacturing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Synopsys said the transaction was not material to its financials.
Synopsys said that Qualtera's analytics, combined with Synopys' own...
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Voice calls and virtual private network use continue to be far higher than usual, as people across the country navigate teleworking, distance learning and staying in touch with each other during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Verizon and AT&T are providing multiple weekly updates on trends...
The number of 5G devices is projected to reach 160 million units in 2020
According to Kashif Hussain, director of marketing at VIAVI Solutions, 5G adoption won’t happen to the desired extent until the right devices are in place. Fortunately, there appears to be a...
North America continues to have a hole in its mid-band 5G spectrum coverage
LitePoint’s Director of Product Marketing Adam Smith and VIAVI Solutions' Director of Marketing Kashif Hussain agree that mid-band spectrum, the 2.5 to less than sub-6 GHz space, is the spectrum sweet spot...
According to GSMA, North America is winning the worldwide 5G race. However, China last year, debuted what was considered by some to be the largest 5G network rollout in the world.
Different regulations, spectrum availability and customer demands mean that no two 5G rollouts are...
According to GSMA, North America is winning the worldwide 5G race. However, China last year, debuted what was considered by some to be the largest 5G network rollout in the world.
Different regulations, spectrum availability and customer demands mean that no two 5G rollouts are...
Viavi Solutions, which is a member of the Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Alliance, is bolstering the open RAN ecosystem with what it claims is the first comprehensive test suite for O-RAN specifications. The test company will be showcasing its O-RAN test prowess in...
Users Users "should not automatically expect speeds of several hundred Mbps on 5G," Opensignal says
How do the initial 5G strategies of the Big Four carriers in the U.S. match up? Opensignal took a look and found that speeds are all over the map—but coverage...
5G is hitting the ground running this year, with nationwide deployments rolling out in various countries around the world.
In light of that momentum, and interest from service providers in building service assurance into their new networks as they are built, vendors are burnishing new...
Keysight Technologies has laid claim to being the first test equipment company to achieve Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) validation of a cellular vehicle-to-everything communications radio frequency conformance test case.
The test case validation took place in Austin, Texas on October 23, Keysight said, and...
About 354 million people in 51 countries around the world have access to gigabit network speeds, or about 5% of the overall global population, according to new data from Viavi Solutions. The United States is the country with the highest number of people who...
Network testing and engineering firm P3 Group AG has rebranded itself, taking the name of the Germanic umlaut -- two small dots placed over a vowel -- to symbolize itself as an agent of change. An umlaut, the company said, "changes a regular vowel...
5G is just barely getting off the ground, but it's not too early for "6G" research efforts -- and Keysight Technologies is jumping in by joining Finland's 6G Flagship Program, which is led by the University of Oulu, Finland and supported by the Academy...
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...
Aerospace and defense company Astronics has purchased Texas-based critical communications test company Freedom Communication Technologies. FTC focuses on test equipment for Land Mobile Radio networks, including P25 and Tetra.
Astronics said that it purchased 100% of FCT's equity for $22 million in cash. The company...
Viavi Solutions announced that the company has provided 5G wireless and optical test solutions to China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator.
As a preferred vendor, the company said it has been working with the operator since early 2018 to test the performance and capability...
Antenna company Airgain has unveiled a new testing laboratory focused on 5G millimeter wave. The company said that the bands being used for 5G mmWave networks "create a new set of challenges for development and testing, with much higher levels of atmospheric loss, very...
Viavi Solutions has extended its TeraVM's 5G emulation capabilities to include Standalone 5G New Radio as well as Non-standable 5G NR. While most networks in the planning and deployment phase currently rely on the NSA standard, SA networks are expected to be close behind.
Viavi...
Keysight Technologies held its first-ever Keysight World company event in the U.S. this week, highlighting how new equipment offerings are supporting the latest technology trends as well as how the company has transformed itself in the years since its spin-off from Agilent.
Keysight CEO...
