Spirent to pay 2020 special dividend due to "resilient" performance Thu, 11th Mar 2021 09:39 (Alliance News) - Spirent Communications PLC on Thursday reported "robust" growth in both revenue and profit for 2020 despite a "challenging" environment. The Crawley, England-based company is a provider of testing, analytics and security for telecommunications networks. Spirent's 2020 order intake was USD539.4 million, up 1% from USD532.0 million in 2019, and revenue for the year was USD522.4 million, up 4% from USD503.6 million. This was due to "strong" demand for both lab and live assurance solutions, as well as its new 5G device testing solutions and services. The company's 2020 reported pretax profit was USD95.8 million, an increase of 7% from USD89.6 million in 2019, while adjusted operating profit rose 11% to USD103.5 million from USD92.9 million, coming in just above market consensus of USD101.5 million. This was reflected in an increased closing orderbook and good growth in both lab and live assurance portfolios.