In a deal that brings more consolidation to the test and measurement sector, Viavi Solutions acquired Trilithic Inc. on August 9.

Viavi revealed the deal this week as it released fiscal Q4 results, estimating that Trilithic’s trailing 12-month revenue was in the mid-$20 million range. Viavi expects the deal to be accretive in its current fiscal year. This deal comes about five months after Telestream acquired IneoQuest, and nearly a year after Telestream snapped up U.K.-based quality control firm Vidcheck. 

“Their portfolio nicely compliments Viavi’s products and enhances our ability to gain share outside of North America,” Oleg Khaykin, Viavi’s president and CEO, said of Trilithic Tuesday on the company’s earnings call.

He said the deal fits in well with Viavi’s strategy to drive the consolation of field instruments used for test and measurement.

Khaykin likened Viavi’s existing product line as “the bells and whistles” and “highly complex instruments that are used by network [technicians],  while Trilithic tended to focus on the home market and installers.

“So we had a hole in our portfolio in addressing the contractor space,” he said. “With Trilithic,  we are closing that gap and we are now going to go and take share in Latin America, Europe, and Asia…markets where we have not played before. And that's actually a very nice growing segment.”

He also acknowledged that Trilithic holds a much stronger position in the cable network infrastructure sector, and also has a produce line for noise leakage detection, which, he added, “is becoming a major problem for a lot of cable operators as they boost the speeds and they add more services.”

Viavi, Khaykin said, plans to integrate Trilithic into its existing products to create further differentiation.

For Q4, Viavi posted GAAP net revenue of $198.1 million, down from $224.1 million a year earlier, and net income of $12.1 million, or 5 cents per share.

Viavi Solutions has introduced a DOCSIS 3.1 field test platform that features the extended frequency ranges supported by the emerging multi-gigabit platform for HFC networks – 204 MHz upstream and 1.2 GHz downstream.

Viavi said the new capabilities is built on OneExpert CATV, a new platform that helps operators with HFC network upgrades. The vendor will be showing off its handiwork at ANGA Com in Cologne, Germany. 

The company said the platform embeds a D 3.1 modem, but also supports DOCSIS 3.0 with 32x8 channel bonding with software-upgradability for DOCSIS 3.1 testing.

Viavi’s enhanced D3.1 field testing capabilities appear as MSOs prepare to expand their tests and trials of the technology, which is designed to support up to 10 Gbps down and at least 1 Gbps upstream.  CableLabs is also working on a “full duplex” enhancement for D3.1 that will enable symmetrical speeds over HFC. Earlier Monday, Comcast announced it had kicked off a D3.1 consumer trial in Nashville, following up an earlier launch in Atlanta. 

However, Viavi said MSOs in Europe are already requiring vendors to provide DOCSIS 3.1 service test and 204 MHz/1.2GHz sweep in one instrument, and expects that feature to be adopted worldwide to other operators as they update their HFC networks.

“Wireline and wireless service providers worldwide are planning and building out networks to deliver Gigabit connectivity to subscribers, and Viavi is proud to offer comprehensive test, measurement and assurance platforms to support them," said Rob Flask, director of product line management at Viavi, said in a statement. "We have anticipated the European cable industry moving further ahead than the rest of the world in expanding their HFC networks, and have delivered a solution tailored to their needs."