NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 15:08 EST — Regular session
Viavi Solutions Inc shares fell about 8% to $17.03 in afternoon trading on Thursday, after touching a session low of $16.98. About 3.0 million shares had changed hands by 3:08 p.m. EST.
The drop came amid a broader pullback in U.S. technology stocks that pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower, with investors weighing fresh labor-market data and looking ahead to Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report.
Earlier on Thursday, the company said it had integrated RF Viewer — an augmented reality tool that overlays data on a live video feed — into its OneAdvisor 800 Wireless test platform, developed in collaboration with Verizon Wireless. “This joint collaboration helps us promptly and efficiently locate PIM sources in a safe and effective manner,” said Verizon’s Vikramjeet Singh, referring to passive intermodulation, a type of interference that can degrade wireless radio-frequency signals. Viavi wireless head Ian Langley said “RF Viewer bridges the gap between invisible RF data and human perception.” VIAVI Solutions Inc.
Viavi’s OneAdvisor 800 is built to measure and analyze wireless signals across frequencies, a core job in tracking down interference and checking performance in the field. The platform is used as a spectrum analyzer — a tool that breaks down signal strength across bands — and for broader RF testing work.
The weakness was not limited to Viavi. Shares of test-and-measurement peer Keysight Technologies were down about 3% in afternoon trade.
In its last quarterly update in October, Viavi reported fiscal first-quarter net revenue of $299.1 million and forecast fiscal second-quarter revenue of $360 million to $370 million. It also projected adjusted earnings — non-GAAP earnings per share, which excludes some items the company does not view as part of core operations — of $0.18 to $0.20.
But product rollouts can take time to show up in orders, and telecom spending can swing with customer budgets and project timing. Rate expectations also hang over growth and tech names; market commentary on Thursday showed futures pricing only a small chance of a Federal Reserve rate cut at the Jan. 27-28 policy meeting.
