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Spirent Introduces New Application-Powered SaaS Platform to Grade Cloud Infrastructures
BusinessWire - Tue May 24, 8:00AM CDT
Spirent Communications Plc (LSE: SPT), an industry leader in test and measurement, announced today a new platform that allows companies to manage all their testing needs from anywhere, using any device. Spirent Temeva, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for network and cloud testing, initially offers three web-based applications covering everything from network traffic testing and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) infrastructure benchmarking to cloud performance and capacity planning.
Jolata Announces $7M Second Round Financing From Spirent Communications, Ericsson and ATA Ventures
PRWeb - Wed Apr 13, 1:05PM CDT
Jolata, Inc., a real-time big data analytics software company that helps large network operators visualize and optimize their global networks, announced today they recently closed a $7M second round of financing from Spirent Communications, Ericsson and ATA Ventures. ATA Ventures had been the sole investor up to this time.
Spirent and Oasis Partner to Accelerate IoT Connected Devices
M2 - Wed Feb 10, 5:42AM CST
Crawley, UK, and Paris, France - Spirent Communications plc, the leading provider of device intelligence solutions, and Oasis Smart SIM, a global Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) connectivity and management provider, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at removing connectivity and network provisioning barriers for the rapid development of connected products and devices, such as cameras, smart vehicles, logistics and production goods.
IT: 101.99 (-0.24)
Tweakker Wins Debut MVNO Contract in Asia
M2 - Thu Jan 07, 11:05AM CST
Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) announced today that the firm's mobile device intelligence unit Tweakker has won its first contract with a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Asia.
Global Cloud Infrastructure Testing Market 2015-2019 - Rapid Adoption of Cloud Computing Technology
M2 - Wed Dec 23, 4:13AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sgmr8r/global_cloud) has announced the addition of the "Global Cloud Infrastructure Testing Market 2015-2019" report to their offering. The report expects the Global Cloud Infrastructure Testing market to grow at a CAGR of 16.5 percent over the period 2014-2019. The emergence of new business models such as EaaS is one of the trends prevailing in the market. The EaaS model helps companies in shifting their IT infrastructure concerns to a cloud platform, which will eventually increase the demand for 24/7 availability of the network, scalability, security, and the performance of cloud infrastructure. According to the report, the rapid adoption of cloud computing technology among enterprises in different sectors including government, healthcare, and BFSI is driving the growth of the market. Businesses are moving to the cloud platform for various reasons, increasing the dependence on cloud infrastructure, which requires robust testing solutions for cloud infrastructure to measure its performance, availability, security, and scalability. Further, the report states that the reliability of cloud infrastructure testing solutions is an issue for various end-users of cloud technology. Key Vendors: - Compuware - Ixia Technologies - Spirent Communications Other Prominent Vendors: - Apica - Cloud Harmony - Core Cloud Inspect - Infosys - Monitis Key Topics Covered: 01. Executive Summary 02. List of Abbreviations 03. Scope of the Report 04. Market Research Methodology 05. Introduction 06. Market Landscape 07. Geographical Segmentation 08. Buying Criteria 09. Market Growth Drivers 10. Drivers and their Impact 11. Market Challenges 12. Impact of Drivers and Challenges 13. Market Trends 14. Trends and their Impact 15. Vendor Landscape 16. Key Vendor Analysis 17. Other Reports in this Series For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sg...obal_cloud
XXIA: 10.42 (-0.01)
Spirent Sees Game Changers in Carrier Device Management
M2 - Wed Dec 16, 3:55AM CST
The year 2016 will see Device Management (DM) take a new direction, says Spirent Communications ' device intelligence business unit. The DM leader expects seven game-changing challenges to hit mobile network operators (MNOs) and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) during the year and how they are dealt with will be fundamental to their economic health.
Communication Test and Measurement Market Test Solutions (Enterprise Test, Field Network Test, Lab and Manufacturing Test, Network Assurance Test) Market - Global Forecasts to 2020
M2 - Mon Dec 14, 8:22AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m2vs3g/communication) has announced the addition of the "Communication Test and Measurement Market - Global Forecast to 2020" report to their offering. The Communication Test and Measurement market size is forecast to grow from USD 4.28 Billion in 2015 to USD 6.69 Billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% from 2015 to 2020 The growing network traffic and need for test and measurement equipment is driving the market across all regions. The growing demand for automated products and increasing telecommunications spending are the main drivers of the market. The growing demand for test and measurement rental services offers great opportunity for communication test and measurement suppliers. The demand for pervasive wireless communication is stimulating the physical constrictions positioned upon the current communication systems. The preliminary phase of equipment design requires laborious testing to confirm system interoperability. The communication test and measurement market can be well-defined as unified test equipment (hardware and software) and services used by communication network operators and equipment manufacturers that function on broadband or IP networks and arrange threefold and quad-play services, such as voice, data, video, and wireless services. Wireless test solutions is expected to have the largest market share in the test solutions segment from 2015 to 2020. Field network test is expected to play a key role in changing the communication test and measurement landscape and will grow at the highest growth rate during the forecast period as end-users consider the test to be reliable as it allows users to make changes in a controlled environment. North America is expected to have the largest market share and dominate the communication test and measurement market from 2015 to 2020. Asia-pacific (APAC) offers potential growth opportunities, as end-users such as enterprises and mobile device manufacturers are turning towards communication test and measurement providers to offer a high degree of service in terms of quality, performance, and capacity. The major vendors in this market include IXIA, Octoscope, EXFO, Danaher Corporation, Agilent Technologies, Anritsu, and Viavi Solutions among various others. Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Research Methodology 3 Executive Summary 4 Premium Insights 5 Market Overview 6 Industry Trends 7 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By Test Solution 8 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By Type of Test 9 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By Service 10 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By End User 11 Geographic Analysis 12 Competitive Landscape 13 Company Profiles - Agilent Technologies - Anritsu Corporation - Danaher Corporation - EXFO, Inc. - IXIA - National Instruments Corporation - Rohde&Schwarz - Spirent Communications - Viavi Solutions Inc. - Yokogawa Electric Corporation For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m2...munication
VIAV: 6.93 (+0.03), A: 45.91 (+0.05), XXIA: 10.42 (-0.01), DHR: 99.76 (+0.73), NATI: 28.79 (-0.06)
Spirent Appoints Fisker as CTO Mobilethink and Tweakker
M2 - Tue Dec 08, 5:51AM CST
Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) announced today that it has appointed Kim Fisker as chief technical officer Mobilethink and Tweakker , which form Spirent's device intelligence business unit, effective 1st December, 2015.
GIV Mobile and Tweakker Boost Charity Incomes
M2 - Thu Dec 03, 1:26AM CST
November 17, 2015
ACN's Flash Wireless Selects Tweakker for BYOD Play
M2 - Thu Oct 22, 6:34AM CDT
Spirent Communications' device intelligence business unit Tweakker today announced a US-wide connectivity and device guide agreement with Flash Wireless. As the wireless division of ACN, Inc, the world's largest direct seller of telecommunications, energy and essential services, Flash Wireless gives consumers the power to choose from the nation's top networks, contract and no contract options, and the choice to bring along a favorite device or upgrade to a new one - and all at an outstanding value.
Research and Markets: Video Killed the Radio Star - Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study
BusinessWire - Tue Oct 06, 11:19AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rntjfb/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Video Killed the Radio Star [Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study]" report to their offering.
Video Killed the Radio Star - Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 9:51AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4t4qc8/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Video Killed the Radio Star [Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study]" report to their offering. Leveraging test equipment from Spirent Communications and Accuver, SRG conductedvideo performance benchmark tests of seven smartphones in a commercial LTE network. The test results reveal dramatic performance differences in the video player capabilities of the smartphones that we tested. The Apple iPhone 6 Plus was the top performing smartphone by a considerable margin. We also tested models from HTC (1), LG (1), and Samsung (4). We observed the benefits of carrier aggregation, even when streaming relatively low bit rate video streams. Improvements in chipsets (baseband application processor) and device optimization over the last few years have resulted in high double-digit reductions in smartphone power consumption. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Key Observations and Conclusions 3. Video Delivery Benchmark Results 3.1 Consolidated Results by Smartphone 3.2 Sample Test Results - Detailed Analysis 4. The Impact of the Video Playback and Video Delivery on Current Consumption 4.1 Basic Performance Characteristics 5. Test Methodology 6. Final Thoughts 7. Appendix Companies Mentioned - Accuver - Spirent Communications For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4t...nals_ahead
IR.94 Video Telephony Benchmark Study & Comparison with Multiple OTT Video Chat Apps
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 9:46AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/66k6hr/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - IR.94 Video Telephony Benchmark Study" report to their offering. This industry conducted an independent analysis of IR.94 and how it compares with multiple OTT video chat applications, including FaceTime, fring, Google Hangout, imo, ooVoo, Skype, Tango, and Viber. We conducted more than 200 tests involving different combinations of voice or video applications, test procedures, and network conditions. Spirent Communications provided its Chromatic test platform for the video performance analysis and its Quantum Battery Life Measurement System to measure the current drain with the voice and video telephony/chat applications that we tested. We used the Accuver XCAL drive test tool and XCAP post-processing software to evaluate the impact these applications had on the network as well as the underlying network conditions during the tests. Unlike VoLTE, the performance benefits of IR.94 are not obvious, especially when compared with Skype and FaceTime. The results also depend a lot on how the operator has implemented IR.94 and the operator has a lot of flexibility in that regard. Based on the KPIs we analyzed in our study, we give Skype the edge over FaceTime, but ironically Skype seemed to perform the best on an iPhone 6 Plus smartphone. LTE is spectrally efficient, but IR.94 consumes a lot of bandwidth, although not nearly as much as some of the OTT video chat applications. An operator will need to balance the use of a guaranteed bit rate (GBR) and QCI=2 with the impact that these IR.94 features will have on its network. IR.94 does differentiate in other ways, for example it is included as part of the native dialer on the phone. Additionally, the voice portion of the IR.94 video call uses QCI=1, thus allowing basic voice communications to continue unscathed even if the video component suffers. There is a tradeoff, however, which we discuss. Unless things change, IR.94 will remain a niche application for the foreseeable future. Operator priorities, no foreseeable support for inter-network calls and roaming, OTT competition, and the lack of support from Apple top our list of reasons. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Key Observations and Conclusions 3. Video Delivery Performance and Underlying Network Utilization Requirements 3.1 Sample Stationary Test Results 3.2 Sample Mobility Test Results 4. Network Utilization Requirements - detailed analysis 4.1 Network Utilization Requirements - stationary tests 4.2 Network Utilization Requirements - mobility tests 4.3 Other Interesting Analyses and Correlations 5. Latency Implications with Background Applications 6. Current Drain and Estimated Battery Life Implications 7. Test Methodology 8. Final Thoughts 9. Appendix Companies Mentioned - FaceTime - Google Hangout - Skype - Tango - Viber - fring - imo - ooVoo For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/66...nals_ahead
Chips and Salsa XIX: Carrier Aggregation Chipset Benchmark Study
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 9:45AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8p4pt5/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Chips and Salsa XIX: Carrier Aggregation Chipset Benchmark Study" report to their offering. We provide the industry's first benchmark study of LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation chipsets (Cat 4 - 10 MHz 10 MHz). The study was done in collaboration with Spirent Communications who provided its 8100 Test Platform and engineering support to conduct the tests. Although carrier aggregation has been deployed since mid-2013, very few chipset suppliers fully support the feature while device availability is further concentrated on a single supplier. Thanks to some marquee wins, the status quo is quickly changing. The results for the three vendor-supplied solutions that we tested (Intel, Qualcomm and Samsung) were largely the same for many of the test cases - perhaps an indication that the industry needs to move away from conformance-based testing with static scheduling. With more challenging conditions (lower SNR) the platform delivered measurably higher throughput but the performance advantage wasn't as great as we've observed in prior tests. Results for the commercial smartphones that we tested were in-line with the vendorsupplied solutions but additional testing is required to ensure full consistency of results with the vendor-supplied solutions. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Background 3. Detailed Results 3.1 Throughput Results by Fading Profile 3.2 Fixed Primary Carrier SNR with Varying Secondary Carrier SNR 3.3 Detailed Analysis for Select Test Cases 3.4 Sensitivity Studies for ETU300 Channel Model 3.5 Commercial versus Pre-Commercial Results 4. Test Methodology 5. Final Thoughts Companies Mentioned - Intel - Qualcomm - Samsung For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8p...nals_ahead About Research and Markets Research and Markets is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends.
QCOM: 54.85 (-0.04)
Research and Markets: Behind the VoLTE Curtain - Independent Performance Analysis of T-Mobile's Voice Over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) Service
BusinessWire - Tue Oct 06, 4:40AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kqq2q3/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Behind the VoLTE Curtain, Pt. 4" report to their offering.
Behind the VoLTE Curtain - Independent Performance Analysis of T-Mobile's Voice Over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) Service
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 4:32AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/j3sh36/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Behind the VoLTE Curtain, Pt. 4" report to their offering. This industry conducted an independent performance analysis of T-Mobile's Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) service. The testing took place in late June and early July in Northern and Southern California, and included the operator's VoLTE, 3G HD voice service, and Skype Voice for comparison purposes. Consistent with all of our previous VoLTE-related studies, we collaborated with Spirent Communications and Accuver Americas. Spirent provided us with its Nomad User Experience Analytics System and engineering support to conduct the call quality tests using the industry accepted POLQA algorithm. Accuver Americas provided us with its XCAL-M data collection tool and XCAP post processing software to analyze the lower layer interactions of the smartphones with the cellular network. We look forward to working with both companies on future studies, including more test campaigns related to VoLTE and RCS. For these tests we used three different smartphones - a Galaxy S6 (Samsung chipset and VoLTE solution), a Galaxy S5 (Qualcomm chipset and VoLTE solution) and an iPhone 5 smartphone. We used the three different smartphones to see if the results varied across platforms. All of our tests involved mobile originated and mobile terminated calls. Generally, we were stationary when we conducted these tests but for purposes of testing handovers, we did interject a bit of mobility into the study (hence the peculiar reference to the little red wagon in the title of the report). We primarily used the VoLTE, 3G HD voice service, and Skype Voice tests to collect baseline results which we could use to compare with the VoWi-Fi results, although these tests also proved useful when it came to identifying potential interoperability issues. Cutting to the chase, our summary-level conclusion is that VoWi-Fi is as good or as bad as the underlying Wi-Fi network. We obtained results which suggest the typical consumer would never notice the difference when switching from VoLTE to VoWi-Fi, let along the actual handover itself. Conversely, we also documented results which weren't as favorable. In many, but not all, of these instances, we believe that other factors were involved. All this and more in this issue of Signals Ahead. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Key Observations 3. VoWi-Fi Voice Quality Analysis - Residential 4. VoWi-Fi Voice Quality Analysis - Commercial Public Wi-Fi Access Point 5. Things that make you go Hmmm 6. Test Methodology 7. Final Thoughts Companies Mentioned - Accuver Americas - Spirent Communications - T-Mobile - Samsung For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/j3...nals_ahead
QCOM: 54.85 (-0.04)
Italian MVNO CoopVoce Driving New Revenues with Spirent Tweakker Cloud Connectivity Platform
M2 - Wed Sep 30, 5:15AM CDT
Spirent Communications ' device intelligence business unit today announced that it has won a service contract from CoopVoce , one of the largest mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Italy to provide its Tweakker solution . This will provide over-the-air (OTA) device configuration settings to CoopVoce's growing and diverse 'bring your own device' (BYOD) fleet, for improved customer experience and increased revenues.
Spirent Introduces New Application-Powered SaaS Platform to Grade Cloud Infrastructures
BusinessWire - Tue May 24, 8:00AM CDT
Spirent Communications Plc (LSE: SPT), an industry leader in test and measurement, announced today a new platform that allows companies to manage all their testing needs from anywhere, using any device. Spirent Temeva, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for network and cloud testing, initially offers three web-based applications covering everything from network traffic testing and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) infrastructure benchmarking to cloud performance and capacity planning.
Jolata Announces $7M Second Round Financing From Spirent Communications, Ericsson and ATA Ventures
PRWeb - Wed Apr 13, 1:05PM CDT
Jolata, Inc., a real-time big data analytics software company that helps large network operators visualize and optimize their global networks, announced today they recently closed a $7M second round of financing from Spirent Communications, Ericsson and ATA Ventures. ATA Ventures had been the sole investor up to this time.
Spirent and Oasis Partner to Accelerate IoT Connected Devices
M2 - Wed Feb 10, 5:42AM CST
Crawley, UK, and Paris, France - Spirent Communications plc, the leading provider of device intelligence solutions, and Oasis Smart SIM, a global Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) connectivity and management provider, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at removing connectivity and network provisioning barriers for the rapid development of connected products and devices, such as cameras, smart vehicles, logistics and production goods.
IT: 101.99 (-0.24)
Tweakker Wins Debut MVNO Contract in Asia
M2 - Thu Jan 07, 11:05AM CST
Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) announced today that the firm's mobile device intelligence unit Tweakker has won its first contract with a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Asia.
Global Cloud Infrastructure Testing Market 2015-2019 - Rapid Adoption of Cloud Computing Technology
M2 - Wed Dec 23, 4:13AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sgmr8r/global_cloud) has announced the addition of the "Global Cloud Infrastructure Testing Market 2015-2019" report to their offering. The report expects the Global Cloud Infrastructure Testing market to grow at a CAGR of 16.5 percent over the period 2014-2019. The emergence of new business models such as EaaS is one of the trends prevailing in the market. The EaaS model helps companies in shifting their IT infrastructure concerns to a cloud platform, which will eventually increase the demand for 24/7 availability of the network, scalability, security, and the performance of cloud infrastructure. According to the report, the rapid adoption of cloud computing technology among enterprises in different sectors including government, healthcare, and BFSI is driving the growth of the market. Businesses are moving to the cloud platform for various reasons, increasing the dependence on cloud infrastructure, which requires robust testing solutions for cloud infrastructure to measure its performance, availability, security, and scalability. Further, the report states that the reliability of cloud infrastructure testing solutions is an issue for various end-users of cloud technology. Key Vendors: - Compuware - Ixia Technologies - Spirent Communications Other Prominent Vendors: - Apica - Cloud Harmony - Core Cloud Inspect - Infosys - Monitis Key Topics Covered: 01. Executive Summary 02. List of Abbreviations 03. Scope of the Report 04. Market Research Methodology 05. Introduction 06. Market Landscape 07. Geographical Segmentation 08. Buying Criteria 09. Market Growth Drivers 10. Drivers and their Impact 11. Market Challenges 12. Impact of Drivers and Challenges 13. Market Trends 14. Trends and their Impact 15. Vendor Landscape 16. Key Vendor Analysis 17. Other Reports in this Series For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sg...obal_cloud
XXIA: 10.42 (-0.01)
Spirent Sees Game Changers in Carrier Device Management
M2 - Wed Dec 16, 3:55AM CST
The year 2016 will see Device Management (DM) take a new direction, says Spirent Communications ' device intelligence business unit. The DM leader expects seven game-changing challenges to hit mobile network operators (MNOs) and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) during the year and how they are dealt with will be fundamental to their economic health.
Communication Test and Measurement Market Test Solutions (Enterprise Test, Field Network Test, Lab and Manufacturing Test, Network Assurance Test) Market - Global Forecasts to 2020
M2 - Mon Dec 14, 8:22AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m2vs3g/communication) has announced the addition of the "Communication Test and Measurement Market - Global Forecast to 2020" report to their offering. The Communication Test and Measurement market size is forecast to grow from USD 4.28 Billion in 2015 to USD 6.69 Billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% from 2015 to 2020 The growing network traffic and need for test and measurement equipment is driving the market across all regions. The growing demand for automated products and increasing telecommunications spending are the main drivers of the market. The growing demand for test and measurement rental services offers great opportunity for communication test and measurement suppliers. The demand for pervasive wireless communication is stimulating the physical constrictions positioned upon the current communication systems. The preliminary phase of equipment design requires laborious testing to confirm system interoperability. The communication test and measurement market can be well-defined as unified test equipment (hardware and software) and services used by communication network operators and equipment manufacturers that function on broadband or IP networks and arrange threefold and quad-play services, such as voice, data, video, and wireless services. Wireless test solutions is expected to have the largest market share in the test solutions segment from 2015 to 2020. Field network test is expected to play a key role in changing the communication test and measurement landscape and will grow at the highest growth rate during the forecast period as end-users consider the test to be reliable as it allows users to make changes in a controlled environment. North America is expected to have the largest market share and dominate the communication test and measurement market from 2015 to 2020. Asia-pacific (APAC) offers potential growth opportunities, as end-users such as enterprises and mobile device manufacturers are turning towards communication test and measurement providers to offer a high degree of service in terms of quality, performance, and capacity. The major vendors in this market include IXIA, Octoscope, EXFO, Danaher Corporation, Agilent Technologies, Anritsu, and Viavi Solutions among various others. Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Research Methodology 3 Executive Summary 4 Premium Insights 5 Market Overview 6 Industry Trends 7 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By Test Solution 8 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By Type of Test 9 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By Service 10 Communication Test and Measurement Market Analysis, By End User 11 Geographic Analysis 12 Competitive Landscape 13 Company Profiles - Agilent Technologies - Anritsu Corporation - Danaher Corporation - EXFO, Inc. - IXIA - National Instruments Corporation - Rohde&Schwarz - Spirent Communications - Viavi Solutions Inc. - Yokogawa Electric Corporation For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/m2...munication
VIAV: 6.93 (+0.03), A: 45.91 (+0.05), XXIA: 10.42 (-0.01), DHR: 99.76 (+0.73), NATI: 28.79 (-0.06)
Spirent Appoints Fisker as CTO Mobilethink and Tweakker
M2 - Tue Dec 08, 5:51AM CST
Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) announced today that it has appointed Kim Fisker as chief technical officer Mobilethink and Tweakker , which form Spirent's device intelligence business unit, effective 1st December, 2015.
GIV Mobile and Tweakker Boost Charity Incomes
M2 - Thu Dec 03, 1:26AM CST
November 17, 2015
ACN's Flash Wireless Selects Tweakker for BYOD Play
M2 - Thu Oct 22, 6:34AM CDT
Spirent Communications' device intelligence business unit Tweakker today announced a US-wide connectivity and device guide agreement with Flash Wireless. As the wireless division of ACN, Inc, the world's largest direct seller of telecommunications, energy and essential services, Flash Wireless gives consumers the power to choose from the nation's top networks, contract and no contract options, and the choice to bring along a favorite device or upgrade to a new one - and all at an outstanding value.
Research and Markets: Video Killed the Radio Star - Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study
BusinessWire - Tue Oct 06, 11:19AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rntjfb/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Video Killed the Radio Star [Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study]" report to their offering.
Video Killed the Radio Star - Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 9:51AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4t4qc8/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Video Killed the Radio Star [Video over LTE Performance Benchmark Study]" report to their offering. Leveraging test equipment from Spirent Communications and Accuver, SRG conductedvideo performance benchmark tests of seven smartphones in a commercial LTE network. The test results reveal dramatic performance differences in the video player capabilities of the smartphones that we tested. The Apple iPhone 6 Plus was the top performing smartphone by a considerable margin. We also tested models from HTC (1), LG (1), and Samsung (4). We observed the benefits of carrier aggregation, even when streaming relatively low bit rate video streams. Improvements in chipsets (baseband application processor) and device optimization over the last few years have resulted in high double-digit reductions in smartphone power consumption. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Key Observations and Conclusions 3. Video Delivery Benchmark Results 3.1 Consolidated Results by Smartphone 3.2 Sample Test Results - Detailed Analysis 4. The Impact of the Video Playback and Video Delivery on Current Consumption 4.1 Basic Performance Characteristics 5. Test Methodology 6. Final Thoughts 7. Appendix Companies Mentioned - Accuver - Spirent Communications For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4t...nals_ahead
IR.94 Video Telephony Benchmark Study & Comparison with Multiple OTT Video Chat Apps
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 9:46AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/66k6hr/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - IR.94 Video Telephony Benchmark Study" report to their offering. This industry conducted an independent analysis of IR.94 and how it compares with multiple OTT video chat applications, including FaceTime, fring, Google Hangout, imo, ooVoo, Skype, Tango, and Viber. We conducted more than 200 tests involving different combinations of voice or video applications, test procedures, and network conditions. Spirent Communications provided its Chromatic test platform for the video performance analysis and its Quantum Battery Life Measurement System to measure the current drain with the voice and video telephony/chat applications that we tested. We used the Accuver XCAL drive test tool and XCAP post-processing software to evaluate the impact these applications had on the network as well as the underlying network conditions during the tests. Unlike VoLTE, the performance benefits of IR.94 are not obvious, especially when compared with Skype and FaceTime. The results also depend a lot on how the operator has implemented IR.94 and the operator has a lot of flexibility in that regard. Based on the KPIs we analyzed in our study, we give Skype the edge over FaceTime, but ironically Skype seemed to perform the best on an iPhone 6 Plus smartphone. LTE is spectrally efficient, but IR.94 consumes a lot of bandwidth, although not nearly as much as some of the OTT video chat applications. An operator will need to balance the use of a guaranteed bit rate (GBR) and QCI=2 with the impact that these IR.94 features will have on its network. IR.94 does differentiate in other ways, for example it is included as part of the native dialer on the phone. Additionally, the voice portion of the IR.94 video call uses QCI=1, thus allowing basic voice communications to continue unscathed even if the video component suffers. There is a tradeoff, however, which we discuss. Unless things change, IR.94 will remain a niche application for the foreseeable future. Operator priorities, no foreseeable support for inter-network calls and roaming, OTT competition, and the lack of support from Apple top our list of reasons. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Key Observations and Conclusions 3. Video Delivery Performance and Underlying Network Utilization Requirements 3.1 Sample Stationary Test Results 3.2 Sample Mobility Test Results 4. Network Utilization Requirements - detailed analysis 4.1 Network Utilization Requirements - stationary tests 4.2 Network Utilization Requirements - mobility tests 4.3 Other Interesting Analyses and Correlations 5. Latency Implications with Background Applications 6. Current Drain and Estimated Battery Life Implications 7. Test Methodology 8. Final Thoughts 9. Appendix Companies Mentioned - FaceTime - Google Hangout - Skype - Tango - Viber - fring - imo - ooVoo For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/66...nals_ahead
Chips and Salsa XIX: Carrier Aggregation Chipset Benchmark Study
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 9:45AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8p4pt5/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Chips and Salsa XIX: Carrier Aggregation Chipset Benchmark Study" report to their offering. We provide the industry's first benchmark study of LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation chipsets (Cat 4 - 10 MHz 10 MHz). The study was done in collaboration with Spirent Communications who provided its 8100 Test Platform and engineering support to conduct the tests. Although carrier aggregation has been deployed since mid-2013, very few chipset suppliers fully support the feature while device availability is further concentrated on a single supplier. Thanks to some marquee wins, the status quo is quickly changing. The results for the three vendor-supplied solutions that we tested (Intel, Qualcomm and Samsung) were largely the same for many of the test cases - perhaps an indication that the industry needs to move away from conformance-based testing with static scheduling. With more challenging conditions (lower SNR) the platform delivered measurably higher throughput but the performance advantage wasn't as great as we've observed in prior tests. Results for the commercial smartphones that we tested were in-line with the vendorsupplied solutions but additional testing is required to ensure full consistency of results with the vendor-supplied solutions. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Background 3. Detailed Results 3.1 Throughput Results by Fading Profile 3.2 Fixed Primary Carrier SNR with Varying Secondary Carrier SNR 3.3 Detailed Analysis for Select Test Cases 3.4 Sensitivity Studies for ETU300 Channel Model 3.5 Commercial versus Pre-Commercial Results 4. Test Methodology 5. Final Thoughts Companies Mentioned - Intel - Qualcomm - Samsung For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8p...nals_ahead About Research and Markets Research and Markets is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends.
QCOM: 54.85 (-0.04)
Research and Markets: Behind the VoLTE Curtain - Independent Performance Analysis of T-Mobile's Voice Over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) Service
BusinessWire - Tue Oct 06, 4:40AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kqq2q3/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Behind the VoLTE Curtain, Pt. 4" report to their offering.
Behind the VoLTE Curtain - Independent Performance Analysis of T-Mobile's Voice Over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) Service
M2 - Tue Oct 06, 4:32AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/j3sh36/signals_ahead) has announced the addition of the "Signals Ahead - Behind the VoLTE Curtain, Pt. 4" report to their offering. This industry conducted an independent performance analysis of T-Mobile's Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) service. The testing took place in late June and early July in Northern and Southern California, and included the operator's VoLTE, 3G HD voice service, and Skype Voice for comparison purposes. Consistent with all of our previous VoLTE-related studies, we collaborated with Spirent Communications and Accuver Americas. Spirent provided us with its Nomad User Experience Analytics System and engineering support to conduct the call quality tests using the industry accepted POLQA algorithm. Accuver Americas provided us with its XCAL-M data collection tool and XCAP post processing software to analyze the lower layer interactions of the smartphones with the cellular network. We look forward to working with both companies on future studies, including more test campaigns related to VoLTE and RCS. For these tests we used three different smartphones - a Galaxy S6 (Samsung chipset and VoLTE solution), a Galaxy S5 (Qualcomm chipset and VoLTE solution) and an iPhone 5 smartphone. We used the three different smartphones to see if the results varied across platforms. All of our tests involved mobile originated and mobile terminated calls. Generally, we were stationary when we conducted these tests but for purposes of testing handovers, we did interject a bit of mobility into the study (hence the peculiar reference to the little red wagon in the title of the report). We primarily used the VoLTE, 3G HD voice service, and Skype Voice tests to collect baseline results which we could use to compare with the VoWi-Fi results, although these tests also proved useful when it came to identifying potential interoperability issues. Cutting to the chase, our summary-level conclusion is that VoWi-Fi is as good or as bad as the underlying Wi-Fi network. We obtained results which suggest the typical consumer would never notice the difference when switching from VoLTE to VoWi-Fi, let along the actual handover itself. Conversely, we also documented results which weren't as favorable. In many, but not all, of these instances, we believe that other factors were involved. All this and more in this issue of Signals Ahead. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Key Observations 3. VoWi-Fi Voice Quality Analysis - Residential 4. VoWi-Fi Voice Quality Analysis - Commercial Public Wi-Fi Access Point 5. Things that make you go Hmmm 6. Test Methodology 7. Final Thoughts Companies Mentioned - Accuver Americas - Spirent Communications - T-Mobile - Samsung For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/j3...nals_ahead
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Italian MVNO CoopVoce Driving New Revenues with Spirent Tweakker Cloud Connectivity Platform
M2 - Wed Sep 30, 5:15AM CDT
Spirent Communications ' device intelligence business unit today announced that it has won a service contract from CoopVoce , one of the largest mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Italy to provide its Tweakker solution . This will provide over-the-air (OTA) device configuration settings to CoopVoce's growing and diverse 'bring your own device' (BYOD) fleet, for improved customer experience and increased revenues.
