June 3 (Reuters) - Electronic equipment maker Keysight

Technologies ( KEYS ) on Tuesday said it will divest Spirent

Communications' ( SPNUF ) high-speed ethernet and other business

lines to VIAVI Solutions ( VIAV ) as part of a consent agreement

with the U.S. Department of Justice.

On Monday, the DOJ required Keysight ( KEYS ) to divest three of

Spirent's businesses, including high-speed ethernet, network

security, and channel emulation business lines, to address

antitrust concerns tied its acquisition of the British

telecommunications firm for a purchase originally valued at $1.5

billion.

(Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru; Editing by

Mrigank Dhaniwala)