Spirent Communications and CTTL Team on A-GPS Testing for China

(Top News, 14 May 2008)

Spirent Communications plc has signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing-based China Telecommunications Technology Labs (CTTL) to provide the China market with access to the best test tools, support and expertise to enable successful deployment of next-generation Location Based Services (LBS) on Assisted GPS (A-GPS) enabled mobile devices.

Under the agreement, CTTL will use the Spirent ULTS Location Test System as its standard platform to test the performance of GSM and WCDMA handsets for A-GPS RF Minimum Performance, Signaling Conformance and Secure User Plane (SUPL). As a lab approved by the Global Certification Forum (GCF) and the PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB), CTTL will cooperate with Spirent for test validation and re-validation work with Spirent ULTS over the next three years.

CTTL will also use the Spirent ULTS to offer commercial A-GPS conformance test services to its customers. This is a crucial element in enabling Chinese network operators and handset manufacturers to quickly and successfully deploy A-GPS technologies. In addition, Spirent will apply its A-GPS standards development experience by cooperating with CTTL to develop an A-GPS standard specific to China¡¯s needs.

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