FreeWave Technologies

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{{Infobox company
| company_name = FreeWave Technologies, Inc.
| company_logo = [[Image:FreewaveN.PNG|250px]]
| company_type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = 1993
| location = 1880 South Flatiron Court Suite F Boulder, Colorado 80301
| key_people = Steve Wulchin (CEO, co-founder)
| industry = RF Communications
| products = [[Spread Spectrum & Licensed]] [[Radio]]s
| revenue = Undisclosed
| num_employees = Undisclosed
| homepage = [http://www.freewave.com/ 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 -40°C to +75°C.

==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]]/[[EIA-422|RS422]]/[[RS485]]/[[Transistor-transistor logic|TTL]].
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===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)

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===Legacy===
*DGR

===Software===
*FreeWave CommControl
*EZ Config
*Freewave Enterprise Gateway
*FreeWave ToolSuite

===Miscellaneous===
*Antennas
*Cables
*[[electronic filter|Filters]]
*Kits
*Mounting Brackets

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==External links==
*[http://www.FreeWave.com/ FreeWave's Official Website]

==See also==
*[[Frequency hopping]]
*[[Radio]]s
*[[Spread Spectrum]]

==References==
*[http://www.FreeWave.com/ FreeWave]
*[http://www.freewave.com/subpage.aspx?pageid=240 FreeWave Shares $9 Million with Employees, March 2009]
*[http://www.freewave.com/release-60.html Deloitte | FreeWave Ranked Number 26 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program For Colorado, October 2008]
*[http://www.ampere.com.mx/freewave/aplicaciones.php Applications of FreeWave]
*[http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/jun/07/freewave-lands-113m-investment/ FreeWave Lands $113M Investment, June 2007]
*[http://www.techrockies.com/fullstory/0009753.html Interview w/Colin Lippincott, VP Sales & Marketing of FreeWave]

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[[Category:Technology companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Privately held companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Boulder, Colorado]]

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