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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | RF Communications |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | 1880 South Flatiron Court Suite F Boulder, Colorado 80301 |
Key people | Jonathan Sawyer (CTO, co-founder), Steve Wulchin (CEO, co-founder) |
| Products | Spread Spectrum & Licensed Radios |
| Revenue | Undisclosed |
Number of employees | Undisclosed |
| Website | www.FreeWave.com |
FreeWave Technologies, Inc. is a B2B company based in Boulder, Colorado where it manufactures and designs frequency hopping, spread spectrum and licensed data radios. Wireless data solutions are utilized in industrial, scientific, military, and commercial applications. The U.S. Army is one of their biggest customers. The company also conducts network design, path studies, and pre-installation engineering services to ensure reliable, error free data-flow under any condition and in all environments. FreeWave is the only long term radio provider with 100 percent backward compatibility with older products. All radios are manufactured locally in Boulder, Colorado and tested to operate over the temperature range of -40ºC to +75ºC.
History
Founded in 1993 by Jonathan Sawyer and Steve Wulchin. In June 2007, TA Associates led a $113 million investment in FreeWave Technologies.
Accomplishments
In October 2008, FreeWave ranked 26th on Deloitte's Wireless Fast 50 with revenue growth of 112%. FreeWave has been selected for Colorado's Fast 50 for ten consecutive years.
In June 2007 TA Associates, a private equity firm, invested $113 million dollars into FreeWave thus allowing the company to accelerate product development and enhance marketing efforts. A significant portion ($9 million) was given to the employees.
The National Science Foundation's Wireless Field Test Project found the DGR Series the best radios for establishing wireless links to and from data loggers in the field.
Uses
FreeWave radios are used across many industries including oil and gas, military, precision agriculture, golf, water/wastewater and more. For instance, FreeWave radios are used by energy companies to maximize production and reduce operating costs, for mission critical applications within the military, and for environmental monitoring to provide warning of impending natural disasters such as volcanoes.
LTER uses FreeWave at several sites such as Trout Lake, Alaska, Luquillo, and Niwot Ridge. Denver University uses the radios to beam images from their mountain-top observatory. NCAR’s Marshall Test Site uses FreeWave in a complex weather measurement system. Denver International Airport uses the radios in a 30 mile weather link to that Marshall Test Site. BMW Oracle Racing uses FreeWave radios in the America's Cup. The National Geographic Society sponsored two expeditions to the top of Mount Everest in which FreeWave was used as a life-line to remotely communicate the vital signs of the climbers to their base camp.
Products
Supported Interfaces: RS232/RS422/RS485/TTL.
900 MHz
- FGR & FGR2 Series
- Ethernet Series - HT, FGR
- IO Series
- MM2 Series
- Cathodic Protection
- Ranger Series
2.4 GHz
- IM-Series
- Cathodic Protection (CP)
1.4 GHz, 400 MHz & 700 MHz
- LRS Series (licensed radios)
Military
- P-Series (1.3 GHz)
- F-Series (225-400 MHz)
- Q-Series (228-235 MHz, 277-284 MHz)
- IM-E Series (2.372-2.4 GHz)
- SMR Series (3.4 GHz)
- MM2 Series (900 MHz)
Legacy
- DGR
Software
- FreeWave CommControl
- EZ Config
- Freewave Enterprise Gateway
- FreeWave ToolSuite
Miscellaneous
- Antennas
- Cables
- Filters
- Kits
- Mounting Brackets