The Beijing branch of Agilent Technologies' central research group is on the verge of creating new optical communications tools to improve the design and building of next-generation telecommunications networks.
Agilent senior vice-president and chief technology officer Tom Saponas said research at Agilent Labs China was on track to help the company form a new line of business.
Agilent, spun off by Hewlett-Packard in 1999, develops test and measurement systems.
Mr Saponas said the company's Chinese research program focused on advanced modelling and analysis technologies to help communications equipment makers and service providers plan and build future high-speed communications networks.
He gave no timetable for the commercial release of the new tools.
Agilent Labs China was established about 15 months ago to develop new technologies such as photonic integrated circuits and wavelength-division multiplexing for high-speed networks.