LitePoint
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Wireless testing equipment |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Benny Madsen, Christian Olgaard, Spiros Bouas |
| Headquarters | San Jose , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Wireless testing hardware and software for 5G, Bluetooth, LPWAN, NFC, Wi-Fi 6/6E, UWB, V2X, Zigbee |
| Parent | Teradyne |
LitePoint is a company specializing in wireless testing, providing both hardware and software solutions designed to assess the quality of wireless connectivity in devices such as smartphones, tablets, personal computers, wireless access points, and chipsets. Their product offerings encompass a broad range of WLAN and cellular standards, including technologies like 5G, Bluetooth, LPWAN, NFC, Wi-Fi 6/6E, UWB, V2X, and Zigbee. LitePoint maintains partnerships with all prominent chipset manufacturers.
Based in San Jose, California, LitePoint functions as a fully owned subsidiary of Teradyne, a leading provider of automatic test equipment (ATE).
History
LitePoint was established in 2000 by Benny Madsen, Christian Olgaard, and Spiros Bouas. In 2011, Teradyne acquired the company. By the year 2014, LitePoint’s test equipment supported more than 300 different cellular and wireless chipsets. The company moved its headquarters from Sunnyvale to San Jose in 2019.
Work with FiRa Consortium
In 2019, LitePoint became a member of the FiRa Consortium, an organization dedicated to promoting advancements in UWB wireless and fine-ranging technology. At the consortium’s inception, LitePoint was the exclusive test vendor and collaborated with members such as Bosch, Samsung, and Sony to drive UWB development.
Awards
The IQxel-160 connectivity test system developed by LitePoint earned the EDN China Innovation Award in 2013, recognized as a leading product within the communications testing category of test and measurement.