PLANO, TEXAS — (Marketwired) — 04/16/13 — , the world-s first telecommunications intelligence provider, today announced the development of Spectra2 XL3, an advanced tool for (EPC) and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) elements for mobile LTE and fixed IP networks. Spectra2 XL3 enables equipment manufacturers and service providers to markedly reduce the capital and operational costs associated with and EPC elements.

As mobile service providers plan and expand complex LTE and mixed 3G/LTE networks globally, they must test multiple dimensions of their network, including Diameter signaling, which is a critical protocol for monetizing the network. As smart mobile devices proliferate, applications accessing the network at higher speeds can create Diameter signaling storms that slow or halt service delivery and ultimately impacts revenue generation and subscriber Quality of Experience (QoE).

enables the industry-s highest capacity for Diameter and IMS protocols with high-load media testing to benchmark performance, and resolve problems before they arise on live networks. It is the first single 2U solution that equips a multi discipline test team involved with numerous network technologies to simultaneously execute their test plans.

“A significant challenge in validating performance and interoperability of EPC core and IMS elements has been the cost and complexity of custom hardware,” said Chris Buhlmann, Vice President & General Manager of Core Test Solutions, Tektronix Communications. “The Spectra2 XL3 represents a revolution in both 1G and 10G price performance lowering the cost of test by leveraging commercial hardware. Spectras- time proven ease-of-use enables a holistic signaling and media solution in a single application which simplifies subscriber QoE testing.”

The Spectra2 XL3 scales with your expanding use cases for policy and charging control, Diameter routing, VoLTE and mixed media traffic models. Solution general availability is slated for the second quarter of 2013.

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About Tektronix Communications

Tektronix Communications is uniquely positioned as the communications industry-s first Telecommunications Intelligence Provider (TIP) offering both service assurance and monitoring and network intelligence solutions that uniquely cover all four dimensions of the service provider-s environment: subscriber behavior, the services and applications they consume, the network environments they occupy and the technologies that enable them. Our comprehensive set of assurance, intelligence and test solutions and services support a range of architectures and applications such as LTE, HSPA, 3G, IMS, mobile broadband, VoIP, video and triple play. Tektronix Communications is headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit us online at .

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  diameter-signalling, ims, lte, qoe