Spirent(R) Communications and IneoQuest(TM) Joi...

SUNNYVALE, California and MANSFIELD, Massachusetts, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Exclusive NEM Technology Partnership Delivers Most Advanced Video 
Quality Test Suite Available



    Spirent Communications plc (http://www.spirent.com) (LSE: SPT), the
global leader in network testing and IneoQuest Technologies, Inc.
(http://www.ineoquest.com), the leading global supplier video quality
solutions today announced that they have entered into a technology agreement.
This exclusive global partnership will offer the industry's only end-to-end
video quality test suite that allows network equipment manufactures (NEMs) to
ensure that their solutions provide the highest possible Quality of
Experience (QoE).



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    "Broadcast and streaming video services over both traditional cable and
satellite networks, and over the Internet through services such as YouTube,
Hulu, and Netflix, present complex quality issues that can severely impact
QoE, costing service providers billions of dollars in operational expenses,"
said Jeff Heynen, directing analyst, Broadband and Video at Infonetics
Research. "As a result, service providers are demanding that NEMs thoroughly
test products to accommodate the unique and sensitive requirements of video
delivery."



    The Spirent/IneoQuest technology partnership will specifically help NEMs
to effectively address IP network scalability and reliability issues related
to video delivery. Together, the companies will deliver the most innovative
and comprehensive test solution that enables equipment manufacturers to
improve the quality of their Triple Play solutions. Spirent's market-leading
deep and rich network testing suite when combined with the power of
IneoQuest's bulk, live video test and analysis solutions, covers the entire
Triple Play ecosystem, including encoders, multiplexers, routers, switches
and set-top boxes.



    "Our customers depend on Spirent to help ensure that the multi-play
networks and multi-technology platforms of tomorrow deliver the QoE which
service providers demand today," said William Burns, CEO of Spirent
Communications plc. "This technology partnership with IneoQuest builds on the
Spirent tradition of product innovation and service excellence as it enables
us to offer equipment manufacturers the only end-to-end solution that brings
realistic video quality testing into the lab."



    "IneoQuest is committed to helping video service providers improve the
reliability of their video systems," said Marc Todd, president and CEO of
IneoQuest. "Our solutions deliver monitoring of live video in deployed
systems while providing realistic video test and measurement metrics to
equipment manufacturers, enabling them to evaluate the performance of network
elements and systems before deployment. The combined Spirent and IneoQuest
solution delivers the most comprehensive product suite for testing and
measuring Triple Play deployments available."



    Spirent is the preferred testing partner of Triple Play/IPTV equipment
manufacturers and service providers worldwide. IneoQuest serves customers in
the cable, telecom and satellite markets in several countries and is a member
of the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)
(http://www.ineoquest.com/press-release/ineoquest-technologies-selected-micro
soft-mediaroom-iptv-ecosystem) partner ecosystem. The global partnership
increases the depth and the reach of both companies to serve the equipment
manufacturer market.



About Spirent Communications plc

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About IneoQuest

    IneoQuest Technologies, Inc., providers of the industry's
first and only unified business solution that audits, monitors, analyzes and
troubleshoots digital video. IneoQuest has been serving customers in the
telephony, cable, broadcast and network equipment industries since 2001 and
is headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts. IneoQuest has sales operations
in the US, Asia, European and Latin regions. More information is available at
www.IneoQuest.com.