Agilent Technologies' Test Solutions Support March 2009 LTE Standard

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced its compliance with the March 2009 release of the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. Agilent's compliance enables broader test capability for LTE TDD, LTE FDD and MIMO.

Agilent's LTE test solutions for design validation and optimization, verification, prototype production and manufacturing of LTE transmitters, receivers and components now support the March 2009 3GPP LTE standard release. Agilent is on track with the latest LTE standard releases and features flexible measurements, better measurement speed and exceptional performance. Agilent's solutions are designed to accelerate LTE design and test for next-generation mobile communications products.

"Agilent has been shipping LTE test equipment since 2006 with LTE-compliant solutions addressing the development lifecycle," said Ron Nersesian senior vice president and general manager of Agilent's Electronic Measurement Group "Our compliance with the March 2009 version of the LTE standard continues to demonstrate our commitment and should further empower engineers to develop and deploy LTE compliant products."