TCS and VIAVI: A Pioneering Partnership Driving 5G Innovation
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has played a pivotal role in VIAVI Solutions’ endeavor to revolutionize its 5G O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) test solutions, facilitating the accelerated launch of innovative 5G products for device manufacturers and others.
Collaborating closely, VIAVI and TCS co-created a comprehensive end-to-end test framework solution tailored for interoperability testing of O-RAN devices, ensuring seamless integration with major equipment manufacturers on a global scale. In the spirit of co-innovation, TCS engineered a user-friendly, platform-agnostic solution that streamlines testing operations and reimagines the user experience for system testers, field engineers, and technology partners. TCS is actively assisting VIAVI in demonstrating and operating customized test suites to meet the specific requirements of end
customers.
This forward-looking and scalable test solution has empowered VIAVI to redefine its service delivery, enabling customers to swiftly introduce cutting-edge products while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The solution’s adaptability and extensive functionality have enabled VIAVI to access a wide market segment encompassing diverse clients, ranging from network equipment manufacturers and tier-2 OEMs to integration and conformance labs, as well as network operators.
Over the course of their 25-year partnership, TCS and VIAVI have consistently driven innovation across every new generation of technology, starting from 2G and progressing to the current 5G era, and beyond. TCS has played a central role in VIAVI’s evolution and transformation, collaborating on various fronts, including new product development, management of existing product portfolios, integration of products from acquisitions, and the reimagination of critical business functions. More recently, TCS has been instrumental in assisting VIAVI in the development of a groundbreaking 5G Open RAN portfolio of test verification and assurance solutions, including the TM500 O-RU Tester, TeraVM O-DU Tester, and a comprehensive end-to-end Open RAN test product suite.
Ian Langley, Senior Vice President of the Wireless Business Unit at VIAVI, expressed his enthusiasm for the enduring partnership, highlighting the increasing complexity of networks. He emphasized VIAVI’s commitment to simplifying testing processes and TCS’s expertise in platform development as key drivers for accelerating technology development, reducing total cost of ownership (TCO), and shortening time to market.
V Rajanna, Business Group Head for Technology, Software, and Services at TCS, expressed TCS’s delight in expanding its collaboration with VIAVI. He underscored TCS’s extensive experience in delivering transformational projects and its technological acumen, which have empowered VIAVI to enhance its market reach by delivering a transformed user experience. Rajanna affirmed TCS’s commitment to continuing its collaborative efforts with VIAVI to shape the future of communication technologies, creating unique test solutions for 5G Advance and even 6G, thereby contributing to VIAVI’s continued business growth.
