TM Technologies licenses wireless CSO tech to Rohde & Schwarz

TM Technologies announced a licensing agreement with Rohde & Schwarz at the 2026 IEEE-MILCOM Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. The deal will put TM-CSO, or Cognitive Spectrum Optimization, into Rohde test and measurement equipment for telecom engineers and developers worldwide.

Why it matters: - The agreement could bring TM Technologies’ TM-CSO waveform technology into tools used by telecom engineers and developers worldwide. - TM-CSO is aimed at improving the efficiency, speed and security of terrestrial and non-terrestrial communications. - The licensing deal gives Rohde & Schwarz a new software capability to offer in its test and measurement equipment.

What happened: - TM Technologies announced the licensing agreement during the 2026 IEEE-MILCOM Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. - Rohde & Schwarz will implement TM Technologies’ new communications technology, Cognitive Spectrum Optimization, or TM-CSO, in its test and measurement equipment. - The technology will be made available to telecom engineers and developers worldwide.

The details: - TM Technologies says TM-CSO is based on Transpositional Modulation. - Dr. Scott Velasquez, TM Technologies director of research and development, said the company believes Transpositional Modulation has existing security features that make it one of the most efficient and secure waveform sets the company knows. - Velasquez said the Rohde partnership makes the technology available globally to communication engineers for software and hardware development. - Velasquez also pointed to accelerated activity in integrated sensing and communication, or ISAC, and in non-terrestrial-to-terrestrial telecom networks. - Rohde & Schwarz Business Development Manager Randy Schnell said adding TM-CSO is a first-to-market move for the company. - Schnell said the technology could help address security shortfalls and bandwidth bottlenecks in telecom. - TM Technologies is a privately held telecom technology firm founded in 2013. - TM Technologies has engineering and lab space in San Diego and administrative offices in Little Switzerland, North Carolina. - Rohde & Schwarz is a German multinational electronics group focused on test equipment, cybersecurity, radio-monitoring and radio-communication. - Rohde & Schwarz also serves wireless communications, aerospace and defense, homeland security and critical infrastructure markets. - TM Technologies included a LinkedIn page in the release.

Between the lines: - The deal positions TM-CSO as a tool for both performance and security use cases, not just a niche waveform feature. - Rohde & Schwarz is using the agreement to differentiate its equipment with a new capability that may appeal to developers working on next-generation and non-terrestrial networks. - The focus on ISAC and NTN-to-terrestrial networks suggests TM Technologies sees growing demand in emerging telecom architectures.

What's next: - Rohde & Schwarz will move to incorporate TM-CSO into its test and measurement products. - Engineers and developers using Rohde equipment will be able to work with the technology once the implementation is available. - TM Technologies and Rohde & Schwarz are expected to market the capability as a security and throughput enhancement for future wireless systems.