Ixia recognized for wireless backhaul test equipment

-- Test & Measurement World, 6/10/2011 7:01:00 AM

Frost & Sullivan has presented Ixia with the 2011 World Market Share Leadership Award in wireless backhaul test equipment. This distinction demonstrates Ixia's leadership in wireless backhaul testing and, having garnered an overall market share of 48.3% in 2010, acknowledges Ixia for capturing the highest market share within its industry.

"Ixia dominates the world wireless backhaul test equipment market," said Frost & Sullivan's program manager, Olga Yashkova. "The company's leadership position is primarily attributed to its ability to develop new and advanced test equipment at early stages."

The key performance drivers that propelled Ixia to the forefront of the wireless backhaul market were its:

• First-to-market capability in such technologies as provider backbone transport, provider backbone bridging, 1588, SyncE, and MPLS-TP, as well as link and service operations, administration, and maintenance (link OAM/service OAM);
• Focus on customer value enhancement through a complete portfolio of test solutions, including performance, scalability, conformance, and timing testing of mobile backhaul networks;
• Fusion program efforts to support the IxN2X product line; and
• Metro Ethernet Forum certification test leadership.

For more information about Ixia's wireless test solutions, visit www.ixiacom.com/solutions/testing_wireless/index.php. To learn more about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnership Services program, go to www.frost.com/prod/servlet/svc-grp-what.pag?ctxixpLink=FcmCtx1&ctxixpLabel=FcmCtx2.

Ixia, www.ixiacom.com.