With the acquisition of NetHawk, EXFO enhances its coverage of the wireless market to become among the top 5 global providers of testing, monitoring and service assurance solutions for both wireline and wireless network service providers as well as equipment manufacturers.
"We’re genuinely pleased to become a part of EXFO, a world-class organization that, like NetHawk, has a proven history of innovation and all-around execution. EXFO’s global brand reputation and market presence, combined with our deep wireless knowledge and customer relationships, are sure to jointly carry us to new heights as the industry undergoes accelerated 3G deployment and LTE adoption to cope with explosive bandwidth demand largely created by smart phones."
Hannu Huttunen,
NetHawk CEO
What It Means
For operators:
- Expanded service assurance offering─NetHawk’s deep protocol and KPI analysis, 1G and 10G wire-speed capture combine with EXFO’s BrixWorx and BrixMobile to provide full, real-time visibility that helps improve quality of experience (QoE)
- Automated wireless backhaul deployment─By combining our #1 and #2 world positions in fiber-optic and Ethernet testing with our service assurance solution and collaborating with several leading operators, we’ve developed the most advanced and efficient solutions for wireless backhaul construction, turn-up, burn-in and monitoring to help boost operators’ productivity and quality
- The most advanced 3G and 4G/LTE protocol analyzers for field use but also for labs
For network equipment manufacturers:
- A far more complete line of solutions, ranging from 3G and 4G/LTE to advanced optical dispersion, spectral and constellation analysis through to portable solutions for field deployment.