News

Tektronix’ IMS Solution Proves Successful in Industry Forum Tests
Tektronix Inc. has announced the successful multi-vendor inter-operation of its Spectra2 IMS solution at the IMS Forum's second IMS Plugfest held in June for application and service interoperability.

Spectracom Joins Tier 1 in Worldwide High-precision Timing and Synchronization Markets
Spectracom Corp. and Temex Sync will be marketing their products and systems under the Spectracom brand name in a global partnership that strengthens product lines, enhances the combined technology portfolio and increases worldwide presence.

XRONet Chooses Azimuth Systems' ACE 400WB Channel Emulator for Mobile WiMAX Testing
South Korean fabless semiconductor company XRONet has selected Azimuth Systems Inc.'s ACE 400WB WiMAX channel emulator for comprehensive performance testing of its SoC product based on the IEEE 802.16e specification.

LitePoint Enjoys Another Record Quarter
Wireless test system solutions provider LitePoint Corp. achieved a second successive record quarter in Q2 2007; revenues are up by 47 percent sequentially and 131 percent year-on-year.

AirMagnet First Wireless Intrusion Detection Provider to Achieve FIPS Certification
AirMagnet Inc., who first achieved FIPS 140 for its 5010 and 5012 sensors, has become the first wireless intrusion detection systems vendor to achieve the FIPS 140-2 certification for its currently shipping 5020 and 5023 sensors.

New Products

Tektronix and FS2 Introduce FPGAView Software for Tektronix MSO4000 Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
Tektronix Inc. and First Silicon Solutions have announced FPGAView software for configuring and real-time debugging of Altera and Xilinx FPGA devices using the recently announced Tektronix MSO4000 Series mixed signal oscilloscopes.

R&S Adds Signal Analysis to Multipurpose Instrument
Rohde & Schwarz’s R&S FSUP, which is said to be the only instrument that combines a spectrum analyzer and a phase noise tester, now supports Bluetooth, GSM, 3GPP, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000, and 1xEV-DO.

LitePoint TrueCableT Calibrator Kit Increases Wireless Test Precision
LitePoint Corp.’s LitePoint TrueCableT kit, which measures the loss of cables used in precision wireless test set ups, such as channel emulation, allows chipset vendors, OEMs and ODMs, and manufacturing quality-approval groups to achieve optimum test accuracy in a simple, straight-forward manner.

Anritsu Strengthens Functions for its Signal Quality Analyzer
Anritsu Corp. has strengthened the functions of its MP1800 Series Signal Quality Analyzer with the release of three software packages to improve quality evaluation of optical modules and devices used in PON, SONET/SDH, and Gigabit/10 Gigabit Ethernet systems.

Agilent Technologies Introduces LXI Class B Triggering Device for Precise Synchronization of Instruments over LAN
Agilent Technologies Inc. has launched what is claimed to be the world's first LXI trigger box that enables precise synchronization over LAN for LXI Class C and GPIB instruments, elevating their performance to LXI Class B standards.