Hello. The recent wave of collaborations between test and measurement providers and technology heavyweights represent not just routine alliances for the benefit of the greater industry — but a strategic effort that hints at where the companies see their future competitive advantages.

Hitting the headlines yet again, Rohde & Schwarz has expanded its partnership with Broadcom. The companies are working together to test and validate Wi-Fi 8 chipsets and bring to market easy to use pre-built test with the R&S CMP180 radio communication tester. The alliance is designed to accelerate OEMs and ODMs’ adoption of Broadcom’s upcoming Wi-Fi 8 chipsets, and help bring products faster to market with guanrateed conformity and reliability.

In a new development, wireless internet service providers (WISPs) tested in Ookla’s Monday report have pushed back disputing the findings. Ookla reported that the top eight U.S providers scored below FCC’s speed benchmark of 100/20 Mbit/s. Although the report acknowledged performance gains among all referenced providers, it said that their performance “varies greatly”. WISPA, in an email to Light Reading, called it “fatally over-inclusive and just plain wrong”.

 

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Synopsys appoints new CRO: Synopsys names Mike Ellow, former-CEO of Siemens EDA, the new chief revenue officer, after Rick Mahoney steped down earlier this month.

Dhiraagu’s AI push: Maldivian telecom provider Dhiraagu partners with Infovista to deploy Planet, TEMS, and Ativa solutions across its networks for planning, testing and assurance.

Bureau Veritas wins Gold in Lanka: BV Consumer Products Services Lanka was awarded with the prestigious Gold award at the Presidential Environment Awards 2025 for environmental excellence and sustainable business practices.

Armis and Keysight fuse technologies: Armis’ cyber exposure management solution will now be a part of Keysight Vision E1S network packet brokers, bringing users cybersecurity management capabilities with network visibility.

Keysight rolls out automated test suite for electronics manufacturers: The A90 Application-Specific Automated Test Suite is designed to manage hundreds of megabytes of firmware payloads in high-volume production environments.

Fast, low-cost testing for electronics manufacturers: The test giant also introduced this week i7090, a massively parallel, modular board test system that brings together a wide variety of PCBA tests into an unified platform to support parallel testing for greater efficiency.

Synopsys demos digital twins at Microsoft Ignite: The company unveiled a simulation-driven framework that optimizes manufacturing processes in real time, cutting production time by hours.

Building a resilient PNT ecosystem: Viavi snagged a contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to test and integrate its SecureTime and SecurePNT solutions as part of DOT’s Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (CPNT) Action Plan.

The Z-axis problem: Spirent’s William Chan warns inaccurate or missing Z-axis data in smartphones is delaying 911 responses, urging vendors to improve validation.

On a spree: After landing a contract with 1GLOBAL, RADCOM has now secured a new deal with an undisclosed mobile operator through Rakuten Symphony to deploy its Smart Network Visibility Solution into the operator’s network for end-to-end visibility.

AI fuels growth: Cadence Design Systems presented its strategic roadmap at the Wells Fargo’s 9th Annual TMT Summit, highlighting strong foothold in AI infrastructure and engineering software — and solid performance across all divisions.

Dr. Van den hove joins Cadence: Cadence welcomes Dr. Luc Van den hove — current president and CEO of European research center Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre — to its board of directors, starting Jan 1, 2026.

Wireshark 4.6.1: Wireshark has released version 4.6.1, a minor update compared to the larger Wireshark 4.6 series, but includes updated protocol support and multiple bug fixes.

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