Ixia Survey Finds 96 Percent of Large Technology Companies WorldWide Plan to Leverage 5G in the Near Future

SINGAPORE – September 13, 2017 – Ixia, a Keysight
Business and leading provider of network testing, visibility, and security
solutions, announced
research findings underlining rapid 5G adoption across the globe. The survey reveals that 96 percent
of large technology companies plan to leverage 5G and that 83 percent will have
5G solutions deployed within the next 24 months. The survey, commissioned by Ixia and
conducted by Dimensional Research, polled nearly 300 senior level executives at
enterprises and service providers worldwide with over 1,000 employees about
their 5G technology adoption plans.

Nearly every company surveyed plans to adopt 5G, with two out of
three respondents evaluating 5G over the next year. Over a third (34 percent)
of the organizations plan to release 5G technologies over the next 12 months if
they have not done so yet.

“Many industry analysts talk about 5G as if it is far in the
future, but this study shows what we are seeing within Ixia, that 5G rollout
and adoption is ramping much quicker than predictions,” said Kalyan Sundhar,
Vice President, Mobility and Virtualization Products at
Ixia. “5G testing tools can help organizations make 5G a success even before
all of the standards are finalized.  Developers can ensure their networks
and applications are ready to take advantage of the speed and increased device
connectivity promised by 5G.”

The survey also revealed why organizations want 5G.  They
are seeking speed, flexibility, and reliability resulting from 5G advancements.
Over 45 percent of organizations are driven by first-to-market pressures to
secure and satisfy customers, but they state that a lack of resources,
expertise, and standards are hindering their developments, leading to nearly
half of those surveyed to state they are not ready.

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Mobile World Congress Americas

At the inaugural Mobile World Congress Americas event September
12-14, Ixia and Keysight Technologies will
showcase Ixia’s powerful and flexible measurement solutions,
such as the new IxLoad-Wireless for Cellular
IoT, that enables accurate engineering designs and secure networks
across the mobile ecosystem of 5G, Cellular IoT, LTE, and Wi-Fi, at Hall North Stand N.1246.

Ixia, a Keysight Business, provides testing, visibility, and
security solutions to strengthen networks and cloud environments for
enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Ixia
offers organizations trusted environments in which to develop, deploy, and
operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia to verify their designs, optimize
their performance, and ensure protection of their networks and cloud
environments. Learn more at www.ixiacom.com.

Keysight Technologies is a leading technology company that helps
its engineering, enterprise and service provider customers optimize networks
and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost. Keysight’s
solutions go where the electronic signal goes, from design simulation, to
prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and
cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem,
aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general
electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $2.9B in fiscal
year 2016. In April 2017, Keysight acquired Ixia, a leader in network test,
visibility, and security. More information is available at www.keysight.com.

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