Press Releases

04 Mar 10

Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2009

Spirent Communications plc a leading communications technology company, today announces its preliminary results for the financial year ended 31 December 2009.

15 Feb 10

Spirent Intros Test & Monitoring Solution for Mobile Backhaul

Spirent today introduced Spirent TestCenter Live, the industry's first integrated 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) live network test, diagnostics and performance monitoring solution. Deployed by several providers including a leading North American 4G wireless operator, Spirent TestCenter Live reduces operational costs, increases service quality levels of the Ethernet backhaul and helps deploy services to market faster.

15 Feb 10

Spirent Landslide Nominated for Global Mobile Award

Spirent today announced that Spirent Landslide Mobile Packet Performance Test Systems has been nominated for the prestigious GSMA Global Mobile Award in the Best Network Technology Advance category. Spirent's role in enhancing network quality, performance and driving cost reductions in LTE network deployments is the primary reason for its selection as one of the finalist in this year's award.

12 Feb 10

Spirent, EANTC Collaborate on MPLS and Carrier Ethernet Interop

Spirent today announced that it collaborated with EANTC for interoperability testing of MPLS and Ethernet across the backhaul, transport and access networks. This multi-vendor interop event leveraged Spirent's expertise in application realism and performance testing.

11 Feb 10

SRG, Spirent Test Performance of HSPA+ Chipsets, Devices

Signals Research Group, LLC (SRG) and Spirent, today announced the industry’s first independent data throughput performance benchmark of HSPA+ chipsets, as well as HSPA chipsets and devices capable of data rates higher than 7.2 Mbps. The Spirent 8100 Mobile Device Test System was used to identify the top performing chipsets and to quantify performance differences between higher-category devices under real-world network conditions - differences which affect subscriber quality of experience (QoE) and network operator costs.