CATR selects Tektronix as supplier for 3G testing

June 6, 2006

Tektronix announced that China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR), a division of The Ministry of Information Industry (MII), has chosen Tektronix as its premiere supplier for the 3G network environment testing. CATR has specified that Tektronix' K1297-G20 protocol tester and K15 protocol analyzer will become the standard testing tools for the upcoming 3G network environment testing project. The K1297and K15 protocol testing platform will allow CATR to deliver high quality conformity and certification services to 3G telecommunication equipment manufacturers in China.

As an authoritative assessment body performing telecommunication certification based on mandatory state standards, CATR plays a key role in facilitating the roll out of the nation's 3G network. The new testing package will be installed in its mobile telecommunication lab to carry out test, inspection and certification for telecom products and mobile network equipment in China. K15 protocol analyzer will be deployed to evaluate and benchmark the system performance and interoperability of 3G networks from all vendors and across all standards including TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and CDMA2000. K1297, in combination with TD-SCDMA NodeB, will allow CATR to set up the standard TD-SCDMA UE testing platform for the validation of TD-SCDMA UE conformance.

In addition to the newly added instruments, the MTnet laboratory at CATR has already installed sets of K1297 protocol analyzer and K1205 protocol testers for 2G and 2.5G network testing.

"We appreciate the instrumental role Tektronix has played in pushing forward 3G deployments in China," said Yang Zemin, President of CATR, MII. "With the further extension of this mutually beneficial partnership, we are confident about China's much anticipated 3G network deployment."