BUZZ-Spirent: resilient Q1 spurs best day in 1.5 months

** Spirent Communications (Other OTC: SPMYY - news) , a British provider of telecoms testing services, up as much as 4.6 pct

** Q1 rev at $102.7 mln vs $96.6 stg yr ago; adj oper profit swings back to green ($1.8 mln vs -$3.6 mln yr ago)

** Co, which tests ethernet networks, 3G and 4G wireless networks and devices, saw Network and Applications segment growth of 14 pct; segment stands out despite global slowness due to saturated market for smartphones

** Liberum, in a note, calls Q1 results surprisingly "solid", adds co does not appear to have seen the weakness that its peers did in Q1 like Ixia (NasdaqGS: XXIA - news) and Viavi ; rates "hold"

** Stock touches 3-week high; best day in c1.5 months

** Stock second-best performer on FTSE Small Cap Index

** Stock up about 18 pct YTD (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) :rahul.b.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)