IneoQuest Accuses Ixia of Stealing Secrets

By Eric Priezkalns 3 Dec 2008

If services delivered by Internet Protocol are the future (and increasingly, the present) then it follows that revenue assurance testing will increasingly revolve around testing IP services too. The market for IP service testing is growing and growing. It is against this background that IPTV quality and service assurance vendor IneoQuest has filed a complaint against rival IP specialists Ixia. The allegation is that Ixia knowingly misappropriated from IneoQuest the technological basis for Ixia’s current video test and measurement solutions. They reportedly did this by abusing a 2004 NDA between the two firms. You can read the press release here.

Eric Priezkalns

Eric is the Editor of Commsrisk. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

Eric is also the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG), a global association of professionals working in risk management and business assurance for communications providers.

Previously Eric was Director of Risk Management for Qatar Telecom and he has worked with Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky, Worldcom and other telcos. He was lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He is a qualified chartered accountant, with degrees in information systems, and in mathematics and philosophy.