20th Mar 2007 12:00
Spirent Communications plc (NYSE:SPM) (LSE:SPT), a global providerof performance analysis and service assurance solutions, todayannounced the availability of test cases and methodologies tostreamline the verification of new revenue-generating IMS services.Spirent's IMS solutions and its new test cases will allow serviceproviders to minimize service development time while maximizingsubscriber Quality of Experience (QoE). £ "As the architecture is deployed, operators are looking to recouptheir investments as IMS services are rolled out," said VanessaAlvarez, Associate Analyst, Enabling Technologies at Yankee Group."Spirent's knowledge of and involvement with the IMS industry allowsthem to build great insight into their test solutions. Testing withsolutions like Spirent's will enable IMS services to deliver theinvestment dividends that operators are counting on." £ Spirent has developed a dedicated suite of pre-packaged test casesthat conform to Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standards in order tovalidate these services prior to deployment. Its new test cases forIMS services are enabling leading vendors to verify the functionalityof IMS network elements prior to delivery to operators. Spirent hasdeveloped the new test cases based on industry standards, yet hasbuilt in the flexibility for customers to customize the test plans forproprietary implementations. Spirent solutions allow for theprototyping of many new services in the lab, a critical tool foroperators to roll out new multimedia services rapidly to realize thebenefits of IMS on ARPU. £ "IMS has gone from a concept to a here-and-now service deploymentarchitecture," said Andy Huckridge, director of IMS Solutions atSpirent Communications. Huckridge also chairs the InteroperabilityWorking Group within the MultiService Forum (MSF). "The impact IMSstands to have on revenue streams has forced vendors and operators topay close attention to service quality and to combine existing serviceofferings. Spirent has developed these new test cases to enable ourIMS customers to ensure their time to revenue is as short as possible,while maximizing the QoE of their downstream subscribers right fromthe start." £ Spirent recognizes the need for a streamlined way for both vendorsand operators to verify new IMS revenue generating services, such asPoC, Presence and XDM before they are launched. Its leadership andexperience with leading equipment vendors and carriers, industryforums and standards bodies allows customers to maximize today'sgrowth opportunities with a vision towards technologies of the future.This expertise has been built into Spirent's new IMS test cases todeliver our customers the best possible tool for the testing ofpre-deployment IMS service roll-outs. £ About Spirent Communications £ Spirent Communications (www.spirent.com) is a global provider ofintegrated performance analysis and service assurance systems thatenable the development and deployment of next-generation networkingtechnology such as Internet telephony, broadband services, 3Gwireless, global navigation satellite systems, and network securityequipment. Spirent Communications' solutions are used by more than1,700 customers in 30 countries, including the world's largestequipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises andgovernments. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Spirent Communications has 1,900employees worldwide. £ Spirent Communications plc Ordinary shares are traded on theLondon Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT) and on the New York Stock Exchange(ticker: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209) in the form of AmericanDepositary Shares ("ADS"), represented by American DepositaryReceipts, with one ADS representing four Ordinary shares. SpirentCommunications' sales to the United States government are made throughSpirent Federal Systems Inc. www.spirentfederal.com. £ Spirent, Spirent Communications and the Spirent logo aretrademarks or registered trademarks of Spirent Communications plc. Allother trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are held bytheir respective companies. All rights reserved. £ This press release may contain forward-looking statements that arebased on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions aboutfuture events. 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