Core Insights - VIAVI Solutions Inc. has partnered with Calnex Solutions plc to provide test solutions for Open RAN products, enhancing compliance with O-RAN ALLIANCE and 3GPP standards [1][2][3] - The shift towards Open RAN and AI-RAN in 5G and 6G systems is expanding the telecom infrastructure market, allowing more companies, including startups, to participate [2] - The partnership aims to simplify and reduce costs associated with in-house Open RAN testing, enabling immediate setup without debugging [1][4] Company Overview - VIAVI Solutions is a global provider of network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions across various sectors, including telecommunications and cloud computing [5] - Calnex Solutions specializes in test and measurement instrumentation for validating telecom and cloud infrastructure performance [6] Testing Solutions - The partnership offers three immediate testbeds for manufacturers of O-RU, O-DU, and O-CU equipment, with additional testbeds in development [3] - The integrated systems support full O-RAN and 3GPP conformance testing, emulating realistic network impairments such as jitter and delay [4] - Key testing capabilities include S-plane resilience and advanced scenarios like multi-cell handovers, along with cybersecurity vulnerability testing [4]