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This week saw the closure of two major acquisitions in the test and measurement industry, and with it, a new phase of cross-border growth. Keysight Technologies officially closed its $1.46 billion acquisition of Spirent Communications, further strengthening its global position in network testing. Following that announcement, Viavi Solutions also finalized its takeover of Spirent’s testing business lines.
Keysight and Viavi had gone head-to-head to acquire Spirent, with Keysight ultimately outbidding Viavi in the end. However, on DOJ’s order, Keysight agreed to divest Spirent’s high-speed ethernet, channel emulation, and network business lines to Viavi. Viavi expects the addition, besides expanding its ethernet testing portfolio, will boost its network and service enablement revenue.
Meanwhile, Samsung and Vodafone are tagging teams to deploy Open RAN in Germany and across Europe in what would be EU’s biggest O-RAN deployment. The telecom giant will use Samsung’s O-RAN equipment and vRAN software for the rollout.
Test & Measurement Top Stories
Quantum test: Telstra and Silicon Quantum Computing recently wrapped up a year-long project of testing the latter’s quantum machine learning system that could potentially augment network automation for telco companies.
Butterly effect: The CoreWeave-Meta deal and others like it are starting to ripple across industries, and the test and measurement market is one of its top beneficiaries.
T&M Today: What You Need to Know
Keysight completes Spirent acquisition: Keysight has officially completed acquisition of UK-based telecom testing company, Spirent Communications PLC. The $1.46 billion deal cements Keysight’s position as a global provider of network testing solutions.
Viavi seals acquisition of Spirent’s testing business lines: Hot on Keysight’s heels, Viavia too has officially closed acquisition of Spirent’s business for high-speed ethernet, channel emulation and network security in a $425 million all-cash deal.
Japan’s optical communication test project: Reportedly, Japan is preparing to launch a high-speed optical communications test in Singapore in 2026. The project involves building a cross-border network in Singapore that will connect the national data centers with those in India and Japan.
Free network vulnerability test for SMBs: In Bluffton, South Carolina, managed IT service provider, SNS Technologies, is offering free network vulnerability tests to local SMBs all October. The goal, the company says, is to help small businesses identify and eliminate vulnerabilities in their environments before attackers can exploit them.
TRAI tests WiFi performance in city: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) just released results from an independent drive test in Salem City, Tamil Nadu. The test captured real-world mobile network performance across rural residential areas, city areas and hotspot locations, measuring users service experience quality across various environments.
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