Tektronix Offers 3G Tester

BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK - News), a worldwide provider of communications network management & diagnostics, announced a protocol analysis solution for UTRAN. The Network and Service Analyzer (NSA) for UTRAN, is a new 3G software application for the industry leading K15 monitoring platform. NSA for UTRAN provides network operators with first-to-market capabilities to improve troubleshooting and optimize performance.

The growth of the wireless market and fierce competition between mobile network operators has created high customer expectations in terms of quality of service. Network operators have to be able to monitor and manage the quality of new service categories delivered to an increasing number of subscribers by the complex 3G network infrastructure. Network engineers need a powerful and flexible tool that can automatically detect problems. Based on highly automated analysis algorithms, the NSA for UTRAN enables operators of 3G networks to quickly identify service problems and map them to root causes in the underlying network. This reduces test time, allows engineers to focus on problem solving rather than data acquisition and dramatically reduces operational expenditures.

"By minimizing the manual effort and maximizing the information available in monitoring the UTRAN interfaces, we enable our customers to cost-effectively focus their test efforts on problems that affect the mobile users' experience," said Alois Hauk, Vice President and General Manager, Monitoring and Protocol Test, Tektronix. "The K15 with the Network and Service Analyzer for UTRAN is designed to enable our customers to meet the challenges of successful 3G operations, which require increased 3G quality of service at lower operational expenditures."

Tektronix Inc.