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Broadband Forum: VDSL2 Vectoring Is Real and It
May 30, 2013
VDSL2 vectoring technology is here and it is real,†according to Robin Mersh, CEO of the Broadband Forum, and Lincoln Lavoie, senior engineer at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Lavoie is involved in the Broadband Forum and is vice chair of the Metallic Transmission Technical Working Group.
SIP Forum Announces the Next SIP Trunking Interoperability Testing Event -- SIPconnect-IT 2013 -- May 6-10, 2013
March 13, 2013
The SIP Forum announced today the next SIP trunking interoperability testing event to help drive industry-wide adoption of the SIPconnect 1.1 Technical Specification. The second annual interoperability testing event, SIPconnect-IT 2013, will be a five-day event held from May 6-10, 2013, at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL)’s 32,000 square foot facility in Durham, New Hampshire.
Vendors extend communications test offerings
March 5, 2013
Rohde & Schwarz, National Instruments, and Agilent Technologies have been busy over the past week with a variety of product and services introductions. Agilent kicked off the month by announcing that all new Agilent electronic test instruments sold after March 1 will be covered by a “bumper-to-bumper†3-year repair warranty. Ken Woonton, Americas services marketing manager for Agilent's Electronic Measurement Group, said the increase from one year to three years is the result of ongoing quality initiatives that, from 2002...
Crowd Aggregation - Mobile World Congress 2013
March 4, 2013
This was the first year at the new venue for Mobile World Congress taking place at the Fira Gran Via. The new venue has eight large halls laid out in a linear fashion (hard to know if you count Hall 8 and 8.1 as two of not). The top floor ran over all of the halls making it easy to get from one place to the next despite the large crowds of people. There were also nice outdoor garden areas...
Better Mobile Device Images and Video Quality Thanks to MIPI Alliance
March 4, 2013
The University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) and Agilent Technologies joined forces to host the MIPI Test Corner at Mobile World Congress.
Test & Measurement MWC 2013: Testing carrier aggregation, small cells and apps
March 4, 2013
QRC Technologies launched a wide-band transcorder this week, which it describes as a self-contained radio frequency recording and playback system designed to allow technicians to record network conditions in the field and transport or e-mail the information for troubleshooting.
UNH-IOL and Agilent Demonstrate MIPI Test Services at MWC
March 4, 2013
The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is demonstrating its MIPI testing services for mobile device component suppliers this week at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. The UNH-IOL and Agilent Technologies are co-hosting the MIPI Test Corner, a section of the MIPI Alliance booth at the MWC.
MIPI Alliance and VESA to Specify Data Compression Schemes for Mobile Display Apps
March 1, 2013
MIPI Alliance and the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) have announced a collaborative liaison to specify data compression schemes for mobile display applications.
UNH-IOL Hosts Testing Corner at Mobile World Congress in Spain
February 28, 2013
BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced that the lab is demonstrating its MIPI® testing services for mobile device components suppliers this week at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. In collaboration with the MIPI Alliance and leading test and measurement equipment suppliers such as Agilent Technologies Inc., the UNH-IOL is facilitating the production of less expensive mobile devices, including...