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iniewski
There are many wireless technologies that cover wider frequency range, for ...
jackOfManyTrades
A wider range would be better, but the product would certainly be more ...
White space radio startup raises funds
Peter Clarke
10/1/2012 8:58 AM EDT
LONDON – Neul Ltd. (Cambridge, England), a startup developing a wide-area cellular network technology dedicated to machine-to-machine or Internet-of-things data traffic, has raised an additional $5 million in equity funding.
The funding, which includes new investor Mitsui & Co. Global Investment Ltd., was achieved at a 25 percent increase to the price per share in the previous funding round, Neul said. Existing shareholders, including DFJ Esprit, IQ Capital, Business Angels and founding employees, also participated in this funding. Mitsui Global Investment (MGI) is a subsidiary of Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
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Neul's first product is a radio system specifically designed for TV white space that consists of a base station, battery-powered terminal device, antennas and a set of PC based network management tools. Neul's networks are designed to operate in the licence-free television white space part of the spectrum around 400-MHz to 800-MHz.
The money raised will be used for the continued development of the technology and commercial deployment, including planned networks in the United Kingdom, United States and Singapore.
Neul is included in version 13.0 of the Silicon 60 list of emerging startups published by EE Times and entered the Silicon 60 at version 12.5 in April 2011.
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iniewski
10/1/2012 1:31 PM EDT
Why limit the white spectrum to 400-800 MHz? Would not wider range be better?
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jackOfManyTrades
10/3/2012 3:06 AM EDT
A wider range would be better, but the product would certainly be more expensive. The wider the frequency range, the more difficult the RF design. Receiver technlogy in this band is very common and hence very cheap; I can't speak for transmitter technology, of course.
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iniewski
10/3/2012 10:21 AM EDT
There are many wireless technologies that cover wider frequency range, for example Ultra Wide Band (UWB) can cover 3-10 Ghz range...sure, the design is more expensive but clearly it can be done...Kris
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