As the world`s premier measurement company, Agilent works in close collaboration with engineers, scientists, and researchers around the globe to meet the communications, electronics, life sciences, and chemical analysis challenges of today and tomorrow. The company operates two primary businesses -- electronic and bio-analytical measurement -- supported by Agilent Research Laboratories, its central research group. Agilent is committed to providing innovative measurement solutions that enable our customers and partners-- the leaders in their fields -- to deliver the products and services that make a measurable difference in the lives of people everywhere. With a singular focus on measurement, Agilent helps:

• Test more than half of the world`s 1.3 billion cell phones
• Equip more than 200 communications service providers
• Analyze the causes and cures for disease
• Advance next-generation integrated voice, video and data
• Enable the military to be more flexible, mobile and reliable
• Make the world more safe and secure from crime and drugs
• Aid the discovery and quality of medicines
• Keep our air, water, soil and food clean and safe

Agilent's electronic measurement business provides standard and customized electronic measurement instruments and systems, monitoring, management and optimization tools for communications networks and services, software design tools and related services that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronics equipment and communications networks and services.

Markets
The markets for our electronic measurement business include communications test and general purpose test.

Product areas
In communications test, Agilent sells products and services for the following types of networks and systems:

• Fiber Optics Networks
• Wireless Communications
• Transport Networks
• Microwave Networks
• Broadband and Data Networks

We also provide solutions to enable network, service and customer assurance for network operators.

General purpose test products include:

• General Purpose Instruments
• High Frequency Electronic Design Tools
• Modular Instruments and Test Software
• Electronics Manufacturing Test Equipment
• Digital Design Products
• Thin-film Transistor Array Test Equipment
• Parametric Test Products