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TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Automates UMTS Cellular Mobile Stress Test with New Interactive Functional Test Software

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced new
Interactive Functional Test (IFT) software for its 8960 Series 10
(E5515C) Wireless Communications Test Set. Expanding on the functional
test capability of this test set, the new IFT software provides an
automated and simplified interface for realistically testing "user
experience" by stress testing cellular mobile devices in real-world
network scenarios. By allowing earlier identification of design issues
and reducing time to market, this software is ideal for UMTS mobile
phone/device developers conducting functional validation, as well as
service providers performing acceptance testing.

Agilent will demonstrate the new IFT software in Hall 1, Stand D45
at the Mobile World Congress 2008, Feb. 11-14 at the Fira Congress
Center, Barcelona, Spain. Also showcased at the event will be a robust
set of test solutions for R&D, manufacturing and service providers,
including RF verification and parametric test for chipset
manufacturing, LTE UE protocol development solutions, drive test
solutions for Mobile WiMAX(TM) Wave 2, MSS End-2-End Monitoring and
troubleshooting, LTE distributed performance management, and UU
Monitoring.

Agilent's N5970A IFT software provides an automated solution for
functional test, including parallel test execution, reducing the time
it takes to validate a design and allowing more testing in a given
release cycle. It can simultaneously test call processing, ftp and SMS
-- for example, while monitoring current drain and changing the RF
power to the phone -- to provide a real network test. This solution
brings more realistic testing into the design cycle earlier, enabling
the user to more easily modify the design. It also ensures the user is
able to find complex issues -- whether related to hardware, protocol
or software -- that are specific to how the cellular mobile device
will function on the network. Finding such "user experience" issues
before a device is rolled out to the network significantly reduces
expensive validation cycles.

The IFT software also includes a failure analysis/troubleshooting
toolset that enables the user to find corner-case issues in data
throughput, protocol and current drain. It provides the data necessary
to resolve the issue, reducing problem-resolution time and time to
market. By testing beyond the Conformance tests, the IFT software
identifies trivial issues early in the design process that can slow
down the launch of the design, thereby increasing validation, IOT and
field-test success.

Another key feature of the IFT software is its ability to provide
easy phone control in situations where the phone UI is not yet fully
developed or is not part of the product design (e.g., a data card).
This capability greatly simplifies user access to varied and complex
commands.

"Agilent is advancing the technology of mobile measurement across
the R&D lifecycle," said Niels Fache, vice president and general
manager of Agilent's Mobile Broadband Division. "As mobile devices
become increasingly complex, it becomes critical to ensure a positive
user experience. Engineers, therefore, need more tools to stress test
their devices in a 'real-world' environment. Our new IFT software
automates and simplifies mobile stress test, providing engineers the
functional analysis and troubleshooting tools they need to effectively
perform 'user experience' testing in design and validation labs."

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Agilent's new N5970A Interactive Functional Test software for the
8960 Wireless Communications Test Set can be ordered as of Jan. 15.
Pricing is as follows:

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N5970A Interactive Functional Test software $20,000

E5515C 8960 Series 10 Wireless Communications Test Set $37,500

E5515C-003 Flexible CDMA base station emulator $6,100

E5515C-002 Second source for GSM/GPRS/EGPRS test $3,000

E5515C-H08 Special high data rate/high performance hardware $10,000

E6703T HSPA Lab Application $37,700

E6701T GGE Lab Application $41,500

E6720A-001 Annual contract $8,000

E6720A-003 Annual contract $12,000

14565B Device characterization software (battery drain),
optional $1,800
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More information about Agilent's N5970A Interactive Functional
Test software is available at www.agilent.com/find/8960IFT. A photo of
the software is available at www.agilent.com/find/8960IFT_image.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier
measurement company and a technology leader in communications,
electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 19,000
employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net
revenues of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2007. Information about Agilent is
available on the Web at www.agilent.com.

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