Anritsu Corporation, based in Morgan Hill, has earned the
prestigious 2010 Global Product Line Strategy of the Year Award in
the LTE test equipment market from Frost
&
amp; Sullivan, a leading global market research
organization.
Anritsu Corporation, based in Morgan Hill, has earned the prestigious 2010 Global Product Line Strategy of the Year Award in the LTE test equipment market from Frost & Sullivan, a leading global market research organization. The award was presented to Anritsu during Frost & Sullivan’s 2010 Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet, held in San Antonio, Texas. “Anritsu’s strong technical expertise in meeting the requirements of earlier standards in 3G wireless communications has enabled it to develop a successful product line strategy for the LTE test equipment market. It has one of the most diverse portfolios in this market, which has enabled the company to achieve tremendous reputation among customers, in turn helping it increase its market share,” said Sivakumar Narayanaswamy, Frost & Sullivan industry analyst.
For the Product Line Strategy Award, Frost & Sullivan used broad criteria that compared the performance of leading LTE test equipment manufacturers. The companies were evaluated based upon breadth of product line, size of addressable customer base, impact on customer value, impact on market share, and breadth of applications/markets served.
To support its evaluation of best practices across multiple business performance categories, Frost & Sullivan employs a customized Decision Support Matrix (DSM). The DSM is an analytical tool that compares companies’ performance relative to each other with an integration of quantitative and qualitative metrics. The DSM features criteria unique to each Award category and ranks importance by assigning weights to each criterion. The relative weighting reflects current market conditions and illustrates the associated importance of each criterion according to Frost & Sullivan.
“We have been committed to the development and rollout of LTE since the technology was in its earliest stages. Our participation in standards groups, and working with leading chipset and device manufacturers have allowed us to develop the test solutions necessary so our customers can design products utilizing LTE technology,” said Kenji Tanaka, Executive Vice President, Anritsu Corporation.
Among the products cited by Frost & Sullivan in presenting Anritsu with the award were the MD8430A LTE Signaling Tester, MF6900A Baseband Fading Simulator, MT822xX BTS Master(TM), ME7873L and MT7832L LTE Conformance Test Systems, and MT8820C Radio Communications Analyzer. Other LTE test solutions offered by Anritsu include the MD8470A Signaling Tester, MS269xA Signal Analyzers, MG3700A Vector Signal Generator, MS272xX Spectrum Master(TM), and MT8212E Cell Master(TM).
“Anritsu offers an impressive range of LTE test solutions. The company has a great product fit and a significant market share, addressing the chipset, base station, and handset end-user segments. Its recent product introductions are focused to meet the increasing test requirements arising out of increased deployments of LTE networks,” said Narayanaswamy.
Details: www.us.anritsu.com.
Thinkify announces new RFID reader
Dockon, Inc. and Thinkify, a RFID application innovator based in Morgan Hill, announced Thinkify’s new TR-200 desktop RFID reader for document control and provisioning, using Dockon’s CPL Antenna design. The new reader is easy to use, smaller and lower priced than similar products on the market today. “We searched for a planar antenna in the 900 MHz band that would let our desktop reader be the small, inexpensive, high performance device our customers need. The CPL compound antenna is the first we have seen to offer such a high gain, while still being small enough to support our new, smaller readers,” said Dr. John Price, co-founder of Thinkify. “While larger readers make use of antennas the size of laptop computers, CPL antennas the size of drink coasters help make our reader smaller and more affordable. We now pass on the low price of the CPL, omni-directional antenna to our customers and OEM partners.”
Thinkify’s TR-200 reader is designed for those applications where people and tagged items come together; the device enables tag provisioning, point of sale and document/records tracking in medical and legal offices. Powered by USB, and compliant with the ISO-18000-6-C (Gen2) standard, the new reader is an inexpensive, easy-to-use tool for reading and programming tags. A simple communication protocol and software APIs with full source code makes it easy for developers to integrate the TR-200 into their solutions.
“We are pleased that Thinkify has partnered with Dockon to deliver the CPL technology in their new desktop RFID readers. CPL Antennas are the culmination of over 20 years of research on compound antennas and are the first commercially viable compound planar antenna,” said Patrick Johnston, CEO of Dockon. “After years of development, testing and refinement of the design process, CPL antennas deliver on the promise of compound antenna technology in an easy to manufacture format.” Details: www.thinkifyit.com.
