An Approved Training Partner Programme (ATPP) agreement has been signed by Anritsu and Fiberdk Aps, specialists in delivering fibre optic focused training services. Under the terms of the new agreement, Fiberdk will offer Anritsu Approved Optical Training courses in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.

Anritsu has signed an agreement with Exova METECH to be a Certified Service Partner (ACSP) in Finland. This agreement will see Exova providing calibration and repair services for Anritsu products across the Finnish market including functional testing, calibration, maintenance and repairs of Anritsu Site Master Handheld Analysers, Master Series and Handheld Spectrum Analysers, both on-site and at their premises.

Five 5G measurement software options have been released by Anritsu for its MS2850A Signal Analyser. The five new software options are compliant with the 3GPP 5G standards (5G NR hereafter) and used for measuring the RF Tx characteristics of next-generation 5G base stations and mobile terminals.

Huawei has endorsed Anritsu’s MT8870A high-speed wireless test platform for its RF calibration and validation tests. The Test Set provides support for the Hi2110 and Hi2115 NB-IoT chipsets designed for IoT use cases. Anritsu’s MT88xx series long-established connectivity and cellular test methodologies provide Huawei with improve product quality and manufacturing efficiency.

Multiple software packages for its Radio Communications Analyser MT8821C that support emerging LTE Category M1 (LTE Cat-M1) and Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) designs have been released by Anritsu. The LTE Cat-M1 and NB-IoT support expands the test capability of the MT8821C, and provides IoT-terminal and chipset manufacturers as well as communications operators with an all-in-one solution that can speed development of IoT devices.

The MS2850A Signal Analyser from Anritsu with 5G analysis software has been chosen by Samsung to support its 5G system developments. Samsung unveiled its end-to-end 5G product portfolios including 5G home routers (CPEs), 5G Access Unit (AU) last year under development for commercial grade products.

Successful completion of the 2nd NFV Plugtests has been announced by Anritsu following an event organised by the European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute (ETSI) with the scope of validating and testing Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) interoperability. The event was organised by the ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability.

A planned expansion of the Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A software to support the new 3GPP 5G Sub-6 GHz New Radio (NR) RF measurement standards has been released by Anritsu. The enhanced 5G Sub-6GHz NR Uplink Tx Measurement and Downlink Waveform File software options will support non-signaling based 5G Sub-6GHz TRx tests.

Anritsu says it has worked with Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm,to successfully demonstrate peak download speeds of 2Gbps. The demonstration uses a mobile test device, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 LTE modem and a network simulator using 5x carrier aggregation (5CC) with 4x4 MIMO, and 256-QAM modulation on all 5 carriers.

A 5G test platform to help support test development for Qualcomm Technologies on 5G chipsets has been unveiled by Anritsu. The mobile communications test specialist has been working with Qualcomm Technologies to support test development for devices such as baseband chips. Anritsu’s test platform for 5G, the next generation communication system beyond 4G LTE, is designed to support Qualcomm Technologies in its effort to commercialise next ge...

The Signal Quality Analyser-R (SQA-R) MP1900A from Anritsu has been certified as a compliance test solution for PCI Express 3.0 Link Equalisation (Link EQ) tests and Receiver (Rx) Jitter Tolerance tests by the PCI-SIG consortium. With support for PCI Express 3.0, as well as expandability to PCI Express 4.0 and 5.0, the MP1900A helps control capital equipment expenses while supporting various tests.

Anritsu’s partnership with Trescal has been expanded to cover The Netherlands. Trescal will now be providing calibration and repair services for Anritsu Handheld RF products including the Site Master range of handheld Cable and Antenna Analysers, and the Master series of handheld Vector Network and Spectrum Analysers.

Three software packages which expand the measurement standards supported by the Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A have been released by Anritsu. The packages will enable fast and fully automatic testing in accordance with the IEEE 802.11ax test specifications. The packages are the WLAN 802.11ax Tx Measurement MX887033A and WLAN 802.11ax Waveform Files MV887033A for evaluating IEEE 802.11ax devices, along with a Full Automatic Measurement Progra...

The successful deployment in Vipnet of its Advanced Customer Experience application eoAnalytics has been announced by Anritsu A/S. This technology partnership will enable Vipnet’s vision to ensure that new and appealing services provided to its customers, with leading edge network technology, are supported by the latest and most efficient operational performance and maintenance system.

  At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona, Anritsu will be showing its latest technologies in test, measurement and monitoring solutions for Ensuring Better Connections at Hall 6 Stand 6F40. The company will be focusing on new testing and monitoring challenges for 5G-NR, LTE-A-Pro and IoT technology, and advanced network deployments. 

An LTE Category M software release for the Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A has been released by Anritsu. It will support RF tests of LTE Category M devices. The release includes Category M FDD Uplink Tx measurement software (MX887065A), Category M FDD Downlink Waveform files (MV887065A) and Fully Automatic Measurement Program, providing fast and automatic testing (Tx power, frequency, modulation accuracy, modulation sensitivity, etc.) in acco...

The Variable ISI MU195020A-040/041 option for upgrading the Emphasis function of the Pulse Pattern Generator for Anritsu’s Signal Quality Analyser-R MP1900A series is now available, along with the USB Link Training Software MX183000A-PL022 supporting the USB3.0/3.1 Receiver Test.

Anritsu says that Autotalks has endorsed its RF calibration and validation test solution based on the MT8870A high-speed wireless test platform. This test set supports all Autotalks IEEE802.11p DSRC chipsets designed for V2X use cases. Anritsu’s MT88xx series long-established connectivity and cellular test methodologies enable customers to improve product quality while reducing test time and cost.

NB-IoT Uplink Tx Measurement MX887067A software and an NB-IoT Downlink Waveforms MV887067A package supporting 3GPP RF measurement tests for NB-IoT devices have been released by Anritsu to further strengthen the functions of its Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A.

A range of software options for the Signalling Tester MD8430A that expand the LTE-Advanced Pro (LTE-A Pro) evaluation functions has been announced by Anritsu. The MD8430A software options now support Gigabit LTE (DL 5CA and UL 3CA IP data communications, SCME, Fading), and Cellular IoT evaluations (Cat-M1, NB-IoT).