Tektronix Acquires Necsy Network Monitoring and Mobile Test Business

Tektronix will acquire the assets of the Network Monitoring and Mobile Test Systems business of Necsy Network Control Systems (Necsy), S.p.A., based in Padova, Italy. Transition of the business unit to Tektronix will take place immediately. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Necsy was founded in 1975 and provides telecom test and monitoring systems, as well as call center solutions. Necsy is a subsidiary of Italtel, the Italian telecommunications manufacturer which is a 50/50 venture between Telecom Italia and Siemens AG. Approximately 120 employees will join Tektronix and will remain in the existing facilities in Italy.

The product line acquired by Tektronix includes monitoring systems designed to measure voice, data and fax transmission quality for fixed and mobile networks. Essential to providing quality service, these systems are used by network operators to assess the service and to identify problems and malfunctions within the network before they affect the customer. Other mobile products include systems to stress mobile networks from air interface to base station, and provide tests for software verification, load, roaming and system integration for all components in the system.