Azimuth Wins Deutsche Telekom Deal

ACTON, Mass. -- Azimuth Systems Inc., a leading provider of wireless channel emulators and broadband wireless test equipment, today announced that Deutsche Telekom AG Germany has chosen the ACE™ MX MIMO channel emulator to support its broadband wireless testing needs. Deutsche Telekom AG will use the ACE MX wireless channel emulator in its 2x2 bidirectional configuration for wide-ranging eNodeB LTE testing including intra-RAT and inter-RAT handovers. In addition, the ACE MX MIMO channel emulator will be used for 2G/3G base station testing, terminal testing and network optimization.

Deutsche Telekom AG Germany chose Azimuth's ACE MX wireless channel emulator platform because of its superior RF fidelity, inherent bi-directional capability, scalability and unmatched ease-of-use. Superior RF performance and bi-directionality are necessary for simultaneous, accurate and repeatable testing of uplink and downlink communications between base station and mobile terminals/devices. The ACE MX wireless channel emulator's scalability makes setup and testing of SISO to advanced MIMO configurations quick and easy. Configuration and calibration of the ACE MX MIMO channel emulator is simple and fast, as all the necessary RF components are included inside the platform. The ACE MX channel emulator's ability to support multiple types of testing, such as conformance, interoperability and performance testing, for all SISO and MIMO cellular technologies was important to Deutsche Telekom AG as well.

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