Swissqual
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SwissQual AG is a Telecommunications company specializing in wireless network service quality benchmarking
and network optimization. The company is a contributor to ITU-T
standards for speech and video quality assessment.
equipment.
In January 2006 the company was acquired by Spirent
for $65m.
In 2007 the company was divested by Spirent
and acquired by a group of private investors.
In March 2010 SwissQual announced they had carried out network quality drive testing
on the world's first commercial LTE network, TeliaSonera
in Sweden.
Benchmarking
Benchmarking is the process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and/or best practices from other industries. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost...
and network optimization. The company is a contributor to ITU-T
ITU-T
The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector is one of the three sectors of the International Telecommunication Union ; it coordinates standards for telecommunications....
standards for speech and video quality assessment.
Company history
SwissQual was founded in 2000 and was the first company to introduce specialized wireless network benchmarkingBenchmarking
Benchmarking is the process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and/or best practices from other industries. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost...
equipment.
In January 2006 the company was acquired by Spirent
Spirent
Spirent Communications plc is a multinational telecommunications testing company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
for $65m.
In 2007 the company was divested by Spirent
Spirent
Spirent Communications plc is a multinational telecommunications testing company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
and acquired by a group of private investors.
In March 2010 SwissQual announced they had carried out network quality drive testing
Drive testing
Drive testing is a method of measuring and assessing the coverage, capacity and Quality of Service of a mobile radio network.The technique consists of using a motor vehicle containing mobile radio network air interface measurement equipment that can detect and record a wide variety of the physical...
on the world's first commercial LTE network, TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland. The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Spain, with a total of 150 million mobile customers...
in Sweden.
Speech and Video Quality Algorithms
- In June 2010 SwissQual was one of three companies selected to provide the next generation high definition voice testing standard POLQAPOLQAPOLQA Perceptual Objective Listening Quality Assessment, also known as ITU-T Rec. P.863 is an ITU-T Standard that covers a model to predict speech quality by means of digital speech signal analysis.------------------ Measurement scope :...
. - In January 2011 SwissQual was the only company selected to provide the next generation high definition video testing standard VQuad-HD / J.341.