Anite Leads the way in LTE-Advanced With eICIC Testing Capability

Anite Leads the way in LTE-Advanced With eICIC Testing Capability

FLEET, England, August 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

         Announces first verified eICIC enriched LTE-Advanced device testing solution

    Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology, today announced that
it is first to release a flexible and comprehensive eICIC (enhanced Inter Cell
Interference Coordination) enriched LTE-Advanced device testing solution, based on its
Development Toolset. Verified through close collaboration with a leading Asian device
manufacturer, this cutting-edge capability also allows other users to confidently
accelerate their LTE-A device testing programmes.

    The explosive data traffic growth witnessed by LTE mobile operators across the globe
is leading to the roll out of heterogeneous networks where a combination of macro, pico
and small cells are deployed to maximise coverage and capacity. Interference at cell edge
boundaries is intensified when low power small cells are added to macro cells in the same
channel. As a key feature of LTE-A, eICIC enables mobile operators to control this
interference, ensuring that devices work optimally on the cell edge boundaries.

    Anite's Development Toolset, used to verify the eICIC feature, provides customers with
a unique level of flexibility and control to quickly validate complex scenarios in a test
environment that very much resembles a live network. With this level of simulation
capability, users can rigorously test LTE-Advanced devices in a controllable and
repeatable way across all configurations and use cases, resulting in significant time and
cost savings, both at the time of launch and over the lifetime of the device.

    "Working in close collaboration with leading chipset and device manufacturers has
allowed us to achieve significant advances within LTE-Advanced and develop support for key
features such as eICIC and Carrier Aggregation", says Paul Beaver, Products Director at
Anite. He continues, "The availability of eICIC underlines Anite's continued leadership in
cutting-edge technologies, enabling our customers to deliver an enhanced customer
experience with the expected high data rates."

    About Anite

    Anite provides a comprehensive range of critical IT solutions to the Wireless and
Travel sectors across the globe. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Anite develops and
implements software as well as provides consultancy, systems integration and managed
services to ensure that our customers operate effectively and securely. By using the
latest technologies to deliver quality and cost-effective solutions, Anite meets
customers' specific requirements and realises tangible results for its clients.

    Anite offers industry leading device and network test solutions for an enhanced
end-user experience. Its rigorous and intuitive test solutions accelerate new device
launches and ensure optimised network performance. As a global market leader with over 20
years' experience, Anite provides cutting-edge technology to a wide range of customers
including device, chipset and network equipment manufacturers, mobile operators and test
houses. Anite's key partners rely on its expertise and highly flexible, reliable test
solutions.

    Headquartered in the UK, Anite has offices in 15 countries across Europe, America,
Asia and the Middle East. For more information, please visit http://www.anite.com.

    For further information, please contact:

    Karolina Eklund, Anite, Tel: +44(0)1252-775245, Email: karolina.eklund@anite.com

    Matt Humphries, Babel PR, Tel: +44(0)207-434-5550, Email: anite@babelpr.com

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