[July 26, 2010] Azimuth Systems Reports Growth, Expansion in First Half of 2010 Tweet Jul 26, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Azimuth Systems, Inc., a provider of wireless broadband test equipment and channel emulators, announced that it has achieved record growth and expansion in the first half of 2010, setting the foundation for another year of growth for the company. In a July 20 release, the company noted that, as of mid year, Azimuth has experienced a more than 85 percent increase in bookings, tripled shipments for wireless channel emulators as compared to the first half of 2009, and expanded its customer base and international presence with the addition of LTE, WiMAX and 2G/3G customers worldwide. During its profitable first half of 2010, Azimuth expanded sales of wireless channel emulator systems for LTE, WiMAX and 2G/3G testing to wireless semiconductor, infrastructure and mobile equipment vendors, and service provider companies across North America, Europe and Asia, including Sequans Communications and ZTE. The company also expanded operations in Europe, adding direct company resources in Sweden, Finland and France, and redistributed resources in Asia to provide additional focus on key industry accounts. As a result, Azimuth has experienced a 50 percent year-over-year increase in international sales. Azimuth continued its commitment to product enhancement, and in February of 2010, launched its new Field-to-Lab (FTL) solution at the Mobile World Congress Global Conference and Exhibition. The FTL solution allows dynamically-changing RF conditions collected by drive test tools to be replayed in the laboratory through the ACE MX MIMO channel emulator. Laboratory playback of real-world field data offers R&D and QA teams the ability to test the products against actual channel conditions recorded in the field, enhancing their ability to deliver products that will operate as expected. Operators can also utilize the Field-to-Lab solution to test devices prior to deployment as well as to troubleshoot, enhance and optimize system performance. At the time the product was introduced, it was already employed by a North American smartphone vendor and overall, the solution has generated significant market interest and increased sales for the company. The market strength of the Azimuth ACE MX wireless channel emulator was further validated by its receipt of Test and Measurement World's Best in Test Award in April of 2010, which honors new products and services in the electronics test and measurement industry that demonstrate technical enhancement in the marketplace. Azimuth was selected as the winner of the Wireless Test category through votes cast by the test and measurement community, defeating products from four other wireless test and measurement equipment companies. In May of 2010, Azimuth launched a series of beamforming seminars in China, Europe and North America to address the immediate need in China for TD-LTE beamforming solutions and extensions of this technology elsewhere for LTE and WiMAX networks. The seminars explained beamforming, how it works, critical requirements for accurate lab-based testing, examples of typical test cases and results, and demonstrated Azimuth's approach to providing beamforming solutions across multiple antenna topologies such 4x4 and 8x2, and multiple radio technologies. The strength of Azimuth's beamforming capabilities led to orders from two TD-LTE infrastructure vendors, and additional seminars have already been scheduled for the second half of 2010. "The rapid growth of 4G technologies has required investments in new test tools as the older ones are simply inadequate to address the complex MIMO and OFDMA needs of LTE and WiMAX. Azimuth has architected a wireless channel emulator specifically designed for advanced 4G testing, while including all of the backwards-compatible channel emulation features to test the current generation of 2G/3G cellular products, and the industry has clearly shown its support for our approach," said Jim Iuliano, president and CEO of Azimuth Systems. "We look forward to further market share expansion in 2010 -- and beyond -- as Azimuth continues to add new features to its market-leading ACE MX wireless channel emulator and to launch exciting, new products such as Azimuth's Field-to-Lab Solution." Additionally, Azimuth has been accepted to present its work on MIMO OTA testing at the upcoming 2010 Global Mobile Congress & 4G Research Summit taking place from October 18 to October 19, in Shanghai, China. Azimuth will be detailing its concept for a new MIMO OTA test platform that allows for effective benchmarking and the ability to deliver an accurate prediction of device performance without leaving the controlled conditions of the lab. More Information: www.azimuthsystems.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]