Anritsu and YOTAVIS launch the Swiss Communication Competence Center in Biel

Japanese group Anritsu and YOTAVIS have launched the Swiss Communication Competence Center at the Switzerland Innovation Park in Biel.

A global provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions for 125 years, Anritsu has launched the Swiss Communication Competence Center (SCCC) with its authorized Swiss distributor YOTAVIS. This new competence center will act as an open telecommunication test laboratory to allow companies and engineers to test new products and innovations for quality, performance, and compatibility.

The laboratory, located on the premises of the Switzerland Innovation Park in Biel, offers an extensive range of measurement equipment, as well as a team of telecommunications technology specialists. These facilities will allow to conduct a wide variety of measurement tasks within the neutral and confidential confines of the SCCC.

The SCCC is a creative space that will accelerate the use of the best new modern communication technologies in rapidly developing products such as autonomous cars, drones, wearable devices, smart IoT devices and much more.

The on-demand equipment in the SCCC can emulate 3G, 4G, and 5G, as well as WLAN and Bluetooth or IoT wireless networks. For wired LAN and WAN networks, the SCCC allows the measurement of high-speed links, providing data on error performance, quality of fiber links, and much more. 

Underlining the importance of Switzerland as a business location for the telecommunications industry

“Testing is at the core of ensuring quality, so we decided to bring our best Anritsu technologies to the SCCC to help the entire ecosystem with product development and enable faster time to market for their new innovative solutions”, said Riccardo Rossetti, General Manager of Anritsu EMEA GmbH. “We want to establish strong cooperation with other key stakeholders to make sure the center of excellence becomes an open environment where everyone – students, start-ups, our customers, and other organizations – can use the best testing technologies and Anritsu expertise in the latest communication technologies to build state of the art products.”

The idea of an innovative test lab is also supported by ASUT, the independent association of the telecommunications industry in Switzerland. Its CEO Christian Grasse states: “It is remarkable that a globally active company like Anritsu is committed to establishing a center of excellence in the communications sector. This commitment underlines the importance of Switzerland as a business location for the telecommunications industry.”