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SASKEN AGREEMENT WITH ANITE SET TO DRAMATICALLY SPEED UP HANDSET TIME TO MARKET AND CUT COSTS
Sasken to license conformance test scripts for integration into Anite test
and measurement equipment
The time taken to bring mobile handsets and devices to market is set to
reduce by as much as 50% following the signing of a multi million dollar
agreement between Sasken Communication Technologies Limited and Anite
Telecoms Ltd. Under the agreement, Sasken will license its 3GPP conformance
test scripts to be ported onto the Anite testing platform, enabling 3G
terminal developers to complete compliance testing much earlier.
Through the development of its own 3GPP protocol stack first delivered to
customers in September 2000, Sasken has already written and tested more than
500 of the 3G test scripts defined by ETSI and 3GPP. The Sasken offering
represents, by far, the most comprehensive suite of test scripts available
on the market today and is more than a year ahead of the nearest
competition.
“If an individual 3G developer were to initiate writing and internally
validating the majority of 3G test scripts, it would take more than two
years,” explains Prabhas Kumar, Vice President, Networks Division at Sasken.
“By combining our leadership in conformance test scripts with Anite’s
capabilities in the provision of test equipment, terminal manufacturers are
assured of a network compliance solution that will significantly reduce time
to market requirements and development costs.”
Sasken’s leadership in 3G core software development is evidenced by the fact
that the company’s terminal protocol stack is already being licensed by many
leading global chipset suppliers including Intel Inc, Cellular 3G Inc and
YOZAN Inc.
“3G solutions developers are looking to reduce time-to-market while, at the
same time, maintaining the highest possible levels of quality and
conformance,” says Anite Telecoms director, Daniel Oosthuizen. “The
integration of Sasken’s comprehensive test scripts with our powerful 3G test
platforms will enable them to achieve all these objectives.”
Notes on Sasken Communication Technologies Limited
Sasken is a leading provider of telecommunications software services and
solutions to network equipment manufacturers, mobile terminal vendors and
semiconductor companies around the world. Sasken delivers end-to-end
solutions that enable richer content delivery on next generation networks by
building on its accumulated technical expertise in wireless and broadband
technologies, signal processing and IC design. Since its inception in 1989,
Sasken has grown to employ more than 1000 people, with its headquarters on
Bangalore, India and offices in Canada, Japan, Sweden, the UK and the USA.
Notes on Anite Telecoms Ltd
Anite Telecoms provides test solutions to mobile equipment manufacturers,
operators and test laboratories for the development and conformance testing
of 2G, 2.5G and 3G terminals. Its solutions enable handset manufacturers and
infrastructure providers to deliver reliable product to market in the
swiftest possible time. A part of the Anite Group, the Telecoms business
employs 210 people and has bases in UK, USA, China and Japan.
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