NetHawk (part of EXFO)

In a move that puts it among the top five suppliers in telecom test and service assurance, EXFO has acquired NetHawk, in 2010, the second largest provider of 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE protocol analyzers and simulators for wireless NEMs (network equipment manufacturers) and network operators.

NetHawk's key products include 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE protocol analyzers for protocol development, network deployment, optimization, and performance measurement, as well as network simulators for load generation, regression, and functional testing. The company has also developed a 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE service-assurance solution-based on iPro's 1G and 10G wireline stream capture and M5's deep protocol and KPI analysis-to focus on testing the core and radio-access networks of a wireless telecommunications infrastructure. This offering is complementary to EXFO's BrixCall, BrixNGN, and BrixVision suite of scalable service-assurance solutions for active and passive monitoring of the application layer on next-generation IP networks.