Agilent Technologies and UbiNetics today announced an agreement aimed at accelerating development of 3G wireless equipment and infrastructure. Under the agreement, the two companies will coordinate delivery of their respective, complementary 3G testing solutions to ensure that they are synchronized to emerging 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) protocol standards.

The companies will work together to deliver customer testing solutions incorporating the same 3GPP protocol versions and feature sets. Both companies' solutions are used for testing 3G Node Bs (base stations), a key component of the Radio Access Networks that serve as the ground-based infrastructure for 3G wireless services.

Agilent's 3GTS protocol test system is utilized by equipment developers and service providers to test wireline network communications with Node Bs, while UbiNetics' TM100 3G Test Mobile is widely used for comprehensive testing via the Node B radio interface. By aligning product capabilities to a common version of 3GPP standards, customers will have a complete, coordinated set of 3G test tools available for equipment development, debugging and qualification.

"Development and testing of 3G equipment is a complex process, due to the need to integrate multiple protocol versions as they are released and upgrade related test solutions," said Bill Wood, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Advanced Networks Division. "By working together, Agilent and UbiNetics can provide complete and synchronized tools for base station testing that save customers both time and money."

"Achieving end-to-end interoperability, from the network through to the mobile, is fundamental during 3G testing," said Stirling Essex, R&D director, Special Products Group for UbiNetics. "Cooperation between UbiNetics and Agilent will be of great help to equipment developers and network operators trying to roll out 3G in minimum time."

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