Ixia Mulls To Invest Rs 4.5Cr In Bangalore

Bangalore: Business is now transferring from California to India for Ixia, a $165-million firm that tests networks before a launch. Expansion plans are afoot, with a Rs 4.5-crore investment in a new facility in Bangalore. A total of 150 staff at Kolkata and Bangalore work on sales, research, training and customer support. The team in India is specialised in performance and functional testing of high performance IP communication devices and networks. With the launches of triple play, expansion in telecom and broadband networks in the sub-continent, Ixia is witnessing increasing demand for its product a device that emulates subscribers of a network, their usage patterns and performance of the network. The Optixia series is used by network equipment firms such as Nortel, Juniper, Internet service providers, carriers (operators) and even research and development labs. The company is looking at taking over firms with turnover in the range of $20 million to $80 million. They are eyeing at both multinationals and Indian firms. Firms that have capabilities in wireless-to-IP data transmission will be valuable.