TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies, Anite and Signalion to Demonstrate LTE End-to-End Streaming Video at Informa LTE World Summit

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A), Anite plc (LSE:AIE) and Signalion GmbH today announced they will demonstrate 3GPP LTE end-to-end streaming video for the first time with commercially available test equipment. The demonstration will occur at the Informa LTE World Summit in London on Nov. 18. It will feature LTE test equipment including the Agilent E6620A LTE wireless communications test set, Anite SAT LTE Protocol Development Toolset and Signalion LTE UE simulator.

"Agilent is committed to delivering market-leading LTE UE test solutions across the entire development lifecycle on our E6620 platform,” said Niels Faché, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Mobile Broadband Division. "Working in partnership with Anite, we are creating test solutions that meet the earliest LTE R&D testing needs -- empowering today’s UE developers to stay at the forefront of this fast-evolving technology.”

The upcoming demonstration is one result of the ongoing strategic partnership between Agilent and Anite to deliver market-leading LTE UE development tools to wireless engineers. Using these tools, LTE developers and their managers can test designs earlier and more completely; thereby shortening development cycles and accelerating time to market.

"This LTE streaming-video demonstration shows that we have accelerated LTE far beyond the conceptual phase, and further highlights our role in supporting all phases of our customers’ development process,” said Paul Beaver, business unit director, Anite. "Our partnership with Agilent plays a pivotal role in pioneering the LTE ecosystem and allows us to maintain a constant lead in the emerging LTE market.”

As one of three key components of the LTE streaming video demonstration, Agilent’s E6620A test set provides a powerful, common hardware platform, integrating a 3GPP release 8-compliant protocol stack (jointly developed with Anite), for building scalable test solutions across the LTE UE R&D lifecycle. Helping to significantly shorten design cycles, it offers real-time, system-rate network emulation for L1/L2/L3 uplink and downlink via RF or digital baseband.

Anite’s advanced SAT LTE Protocol Development Toolset (commercially shipping on the E6620A platform) provides a suite of development tools for UE designers. It is the first of the Agilent/Anite portfolio of test solutions designed around a common protocol stack and test environment, enabling rapid development and debug cycles to speed LTE UE protocol design.

Signalion’s SORBAS LTE Test UE is used to test evolving LTE mobile communications infrastructure. Its 3GPP LTE mobile terminal capabilities, coupled with additional advanced test interfaces and features, make the SORBAS LTE Test UE an ideal tool for network infrastructure equipment developers. SORBAS provides an air-interface test system for functional and load tests of LTE applications.

"With LTE developments rapidly occurring throughout the world, our LTE-specific test products are critical to providing customers the flexibility they need to develop reliable products,” said Dr. Matthias Stege, director sales and marketing, Signalion. "The Success of LTE will depend on high data rate applications, thus the LTE streaming video demonstration with Agilent and Anite further enhances our position as a leading LTE solutions provider and offers us yet another means of building customer confidence in our solutions.”

More information about Agilent’s LTE solutions, the E6620A/Anite SAT LTE Protocol Development Toolset and portfolio of LTE R&D test solutions, and SORBAS LTE Test UE is available at www.agilent.com/find/lte, www.agilent.com/find/ltemobiletest , and www.signalion.com/files/m018-v2-0_datasheet_sorbas_2008_web.pdf, respectively.

Photos of Agilent’s E6620A wireless communications test set and the Anite’s SAT system are available at www.agilent.com/find/SAT_LTE_ProtocolTester_images.

About Anite

Anite is an international IT company focused on the provision of test and operational systems in the wireless market, and reservation and ecommerce solutions to the leisure travel industry.

Its comprehensive solutions have developed from its deep sector knowledge and are focused around the supply of Anite-owned software products. Anite provides a full range of services to its customers, including implementation, systems integration, maintenance and managed services, enabling it to maximize customer satisfaction. With our headquarters in the U.K., Anite employs approximately 500 staff in 13 countries across Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East.

The Wireless division of Anite provides test solutions to equipment manufacturers, operators and test laboratories for early handset development, integration, conformance and interoperability test through to network measurement solutions. With in-depth expertise and more than 18 years’ experience in providing customer-focused solutions, Anite and its products have played a major role in the advance of the global wireless market. For more information about Anite visit www.anite.com/wireless.

About Signalion

Signalion is an established provider of air-interface diagnostics solutions for 3GPP LTE. Having introduced the first LTE test-UE to the market, Signalion is a pioneer in providing new features and solutions in the context of LTE infrastructure testing. The company combines the unique experience of many years of wireless research, algorithm implementation, and leading-edge wireless system development. Signalion is located in Dresden, a city that uniquely combines an 800-year historic, baroque background with the pulsing high-tech, multi-billion Euro semiconductor businesses that have turned the region into Europe’s No. 1 silicon site. For more information about Signalion visit www.signalion.com.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.8 billion in fiscal 2008. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.

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