The acquisition agreement for the SwissQual group of companies was signed on June 22, 2012. Effective July 2, 2012, SwissQual will become a fully independent subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz. The company headquarters and regional offices will remain the same. It will be referred to as "SwissQual AG - A Rohde & Schwarz Company" in external communications. 

The product portfolios of both companies complement each other: Rohde & Schwarz, with its expertise in RF test equipment, is well-positioned in the network optimization and network engineering segments. SwissQual, the market leader in reference systems, contributes network referencing and network monitoring. The product portfolio will offer a full range of solutions for quality of service testing, end-to-end testing, conduction testing systems, scanners, and wireless network optimization. The two companies already have a purchasing agreement for the R&S ROMES2GO smartphone-based mobile phones, which were developed by SwissQual.

 After years of substantial investment and rapid growth, SwissQual's shareholders were seeking a strong partner to support continued growth. SwissQual is one of the world's largest independent providers of solutions for Quality of Service (QoS) benchmarking and RF optimization of wireless networks. The company is a recognized expert in evaluating voice, data, and video quality in wireless networks.