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VIAVI to acquire Spirent

Communications test, measurement and optical technologies provider VIAVI Solutions and Spirent Communications, a provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity and positioning, have agreed the terms of a cash offer for Spirent which the Spirent Board intends to unanimously recommend. The acquisition price values Spirent at approximately £1.005 billion (€1.17bn), or $1.27 […]

March 5, 2024By Colin Mann

Viavi launches Nitro Wireless

Viavi Solutions has announced the availability of Nitro Wireless, a portfolio of solutions enabling all participants in the ecosystem – equipment manufacturers, service providers, semiconductor companies, software developers and system integrators – to accelerate technology development by validating performance at each stage in intelligent, intuitive and automated ways. “While 5G offers new opportunities with an […]

October 4, 2023

Viavi introduces RedCap Device Emulation

Viavi Solutions has launched its first Reduced Capability (RedCap) device emulation for 5G network testing, enabling true performance validation for Internet of Things (IoT) and private networks based on a new class of lower-cost devices including wearables, industrial wireless sensors and video surveillance. This solution is based on the TM500 network test platform, used by […]

August 2, 2023

Data: 5G reaches tipping point

Industry data from network test, monitoring and assurance solutions specialist Viavi Solutions reveals that 5G connectivity has reached a tipping point globally as 5G networks are now active in 47 of the world’s 70 largest economies by GDP. In its seventh annual The State of 5G, VIAVI revealed that there are 2,497 cities globally with […]

April 18, 2023

Kyrio picks VIAVI for O-RAN testing

VIAVI Solutions has announced that Kyrio, a subsidiary of CableLabs, has chosen VIAVI to be part of its O-RAN Test and Integration Lab in Colorado, USA. VIAVI is now the only test & measurement company to be present in all seven O-RAN ALLIANCE approved Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) globally. In addition, VIAVI and […]

August 24, 2022

VIAVI unveils FiberComplete PRO

Viavi Solutions has launched FiberComplete PRO, a fibre test solution with a suite of capabilities which replaces six test instruments. It is the first single test port solution that fully automates all the fibre qualification tests required for the construction and certification of any type of fibre optic network. FiberComplete PRO significantly reduces time and […]

March 8, 2022

VIAVI testing solution for Openreach

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach and network test, monitoring and assurance solutions provider VIAVI are collaborating to automate testing the quality and speed of the Openreach Full Fibre broadband network using Fusion, a virtual performance monitoring system. Fusion will effectively deliver an on-demand network ‘speedometer’, showing near real-time views of the speeds that end users […]

February 14, 2022

Report: 5G in 65 countries

According to research from network test, monitoring and assurance solutions provider VIAVI demonstrating the accelerating pace at which 5G is growing, coverage has extended to an additional four countries and 301 cities worldwide since the beginning of 2021. The new total — 1,662 cities across

June 29, 2021By Colin Mann

VIAVI introduces new capabilities

VIAVI Solutions has introduced multiple new capabilities for the award-winning Optical Network Monitoring Solutions (ONMS) family of remote test and monitoring solutions. The new capabilities enable further network intelligence in fiber environments that form the foundation of high-speed core, metro ring networks as well as access applications in passive optical network (PON), 5G and data […]

June 7, 2021

Openreach selects Viavi’s ONMSi

Viavi Solutions has announced that Openreach, the digital infrastructure firm, is using the Viavi Optical Network Monitoring System (ONMSi) to accelerate its full fibre broadband deployment, and enhance the quality of its build and experience for customers across the UK. Openreach said it selected ONMSi for the platform’s ability to address networks – from validating […]

March 2, 2021