Spirent Communications has signed a formal partnership agreement with Alcatel-Lucent to provide Triple Play testing solutions that enhance operations of Alcatel-Lucent's global IP Transformation Center. The IPTC is the industry's only state-of-the-art operation dedicated to the advancement of triple play, IPTV, IMS and FMC deployment projects across the globe.

Alcatel-Lucent's IPTC develops, integrates, tests and conforms end-to-end IP networking solutions towards sustained KPI's and KQI's. This helps operators and enterprises, faced with a highly competitive environment, to transform their networks to a full IP-based architecture. Through this partnership, Alcatel-Lucent and Spirent help advance the interoperability of collaborative IP networking solutions up to end to end service delivery.

Alcatel-Lucent's IPTC recently deployed Spirent TestCenter along with the Spirent TestCenter GUI, which easily converts test cases into automated scripts for around-the-clock testing. Alcatel-Lucent also uses Spirent TestCenter with the L4-7 Triple Play bundled solutions to test with real H.264 video, real voice using SIP, and real application data.

Spirent TestCenter delivers significant improvements in testing productivity during every stage of product development and service creation to accelerate time to market and reduce operational and capital expenses. The new platform was built on the all-new Inspire Architecture in response to the market's growing demand for a test system that improves time to market and reduces product development costs while ensuring the highest subscriber quality of experience.