VIAVI to acquire high speed ethernet and network security business from Keysight Technologies-backed Spirent Communications for $425m.

VIAVI, a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for telecommunications, agreed to acquire high speed ethernet and network security business from Keysight Technologies-backed Spirent Communications, a British multinational telecommunications testing company, for $425m. "This transaction represents another step in our NSE growth strategy. For the past 30 years, Spirent's High-Speed Ethernet and Network Security Business has facilitated end-to-end test and validation of network performance. This transaction brings to VIAVI an advanced ethernet test and security product portfolio in the NEMs, Enterprise, Service Providers, Data Center Ecosystem and Government segments," Oleg Khaykin, VIAVI President and CEO.