Spirent Receives 2010 4GWE LTE Visionary Award

Spirent Communications, the leader in testing solutions for wireless networks, devices and services today announced that Spirent’s eAirAccess wireless network emulator was presented the 2010 LTE Visionary Award. The award was presented by Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) in conjunction with Crossfire Media.

eAirAccess is a true multi-radio access technology (RAT) network emulator used for testing mobile devices. Its real-time state machine emulates an entire post-deployment environment including LTE, WCDMA, GSM, HSPA, CDMA, EV-DO and Evolved High-Rate Packet Data (eHRPD) services, with multiple cells available per technology.

"Spirent’s eAirAccess is uniquely designed to address the complexity around handovers between radio access technologies, especially since LTE deployment will need to coexist with legacy networks such as CDMA/EV-DO or UMTS/HSPA for many years,” said Hesham ElHamahmy, vice-president at Spirent’s wireless division. "The eAirAccess solution has already found commercial success and it’s an honor to now be recognized by the industry.”

"Spirent’s achievement in advancing 4G through LTE development is worthy of being selected as recipient of the 4GWE LTE Visionary Award,” said Carl Ford, co-founder and community developer, Crossfire Media. "Spirent is an innovator and one to watch for the next evolution of solutions.”

"It is an honor to bestow Spirent with this award. Their contribution toward the future of mobile broadband is commendable,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "I look forward to more innovation from Spirent in the future.”

For more information on LTE device testing and I-RAT handover testing visit http://www.spirent.com/Wireless/LTE_Testing.aspx.

About Spirent Communications plc

Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT), a global leader in test & measurement, inspires innovation within development labs, networks and IT organizations to enable customers to deploy communications networks, services & applications, and devices that enrich life. Our extensive portfolio of solutions test data centers, high speed Ethernet networks and services, 3G/4G wireless networks and devices, network security, and global navigation satellite systems. For more information visit http://www.spirent.com/planet-spirent/media_room/about_spirent_communications_plc.aspx.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, NGN and InfoTECH Spotlight magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by nearly two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide. Alexa.com ranks TMCnet traffic under 1,700 in the U.S. and India and under 4,000 in the Philippines, Canada and Ireland. TMCnet traffic ranks just over 4,000 in overall global traffic, according to Alexa.com. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

About Crossfire Media

Crossfire Media is an integrated marketing company with a core focus on future trends in technology. We service communities of interest with conferences, tradeshows, webinars and newsletters. Crossfire Media services also include providing insight to technology companies and associations to assist in the development of business and technical strategy as well as the development and implementation of effective communications and marketing strategy. To implement communications and marketing strategies, Crossfire Media utilizes a variety of physical and virtual experiences including web, publications, face to face events, and webinars.

Crossfire Media has a partnership with Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) to produce events and websites related to disruptive technologies. Crossfire Media is a division of Crossfire Consulting, a full service Information Technology company based in New York.