FreeWave Technologies

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{{Infobox company
| name = FreeWave Technologies, Inc.
| logo = [[File:FreeWave Logo 2012.png|180px]]
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = 1993
| location = 5395 Pearl Parkway, Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80301
| key_people = Kim Niederman (CEO), Scott Allen (CMO), Patrick Lazar (VP, Engineering), Jim Bolotin (CFO), Kirk Byles (VP of Sales)
| industry = wireless, RF Communications, M2M, IoT
| products = [[Wireless]] [[Machine-to-machine convergence|M2M]] networking and communication solutions
| revenue = Undisclosed
| num_employees = Undisclosed
| homepage = [http://www.freewave.com/ www.FreeWave.com]

}}
'''FreeWave Technologies, Inc.''' was founded in 1993 and is a [[Business-to-business|B2B]] company based in [[Boulder, Colorado]], where it manufactures and designs industrial, secure machine-to-machine wireless networking and communications [[solution]]s. Its wireless solutions are utilized in industrial, government and defense, scientific, and commercial applications. The [[U.S. Army]] is one of its biggest customers.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} FreeWave partners with leaders in oil and gas, utilities, electric power/[[smart grid]] and many other industries. FreeWave radios support a variety of industrial applications, such as [[supervisory control and data acquisition]] (SCADA), wireless [[I/O]], [[cathodic protection]] (CP) and [[remote monitoring]].{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

==History==
FreeWave Technologies was founded in August 1993 by Jonathan Sawyer and Steve Wulchin. From the beginning, Sawyer and Wulchin aimed to help customers transmit mission critical data via secure, highly reliable licensed and license-free [[spread spectrum]] radios. FreeWave has manufactured all of its radios in Boulder, Colorado since the first radio was shipped in 1994. In June 2007, TA Associates led a $113 million investment in FreeWave Technologies. Its largest markets are [[oil & gas]] and government & [[defense (military)]]. In June 2007, TA Associates led a $113 million investment in FreeWave Technologies. FreeWave also began to increase its focus on the [[utilities]] markets in 2009 – 2010 with its [[Machine to machine|M2M]] technology and has continued to increase its presence in the [[electric power]] and water/wastewater industries.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Today, FreeWave Technologies has more than 800,000 industrial radios and embedded modules in the field.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

==Uses==
FreeWave's wireless M2M [[solution]]s 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]]/[[Transistor-transistor logic|TTL]].
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Its wireless M2M networking and communications [[solution]]s serve a wide variety of applications in industries, such as electric power, oil and gas, water/wastewater and more.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

===WavePro WP201===
FreeWave’s WavePro™ WP201 series short haul and [[Wi-Fi]] platform delivers secure collection, control and transport of Voice, Video, Data and Sensor (VVDS) information, and is a critical component of FreeWave’s Sensor-2-Server™ communication solutions. The platform is designed to serve three wireless networking tiers:
* Long Haul: (or the Distribution Layer) are wireless links from 5 miles, and greater and are typically implemented using high speed, PTP microwave systems.
* Short Haul: (or the Aggregation Layer) are wireless links from 1 to 8 miles that are easily implemented using high speed, 2.4GHz or 5GHz radios with directional antennas to create point-to-multipoint (PMP) networks for data and information aggregation, or PTP links that provide network ingress/egress points.
* Close Haul: (or the Access Layer) are PMP networks with wireless links operating from a few feet to a couple of miles to transport VVDS data.

===WaveContact===
WaveContact is FreeWave Technologies' wireless I/O solutions for industrial [[Machine to Machine|M2M]] and [[Internet of Things|IoT]] applications in [http://www.m2mevolution.com/topics/m2mevolution/articles/391784-wireless-rechargeable-solar-freewave-unleashes-new-iot-solutions.htm remote hazardous locations]. Made up of two components—the WaveContact 10i and the WaveContact Data Concentrator 50i—the WaveContact product family is certified for both Class 1, Division 1 and Class 1, Division 2 hazardous locations.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* WaveContact 10i EndPoint
* WaveContact 50i DataConcentrator

===Serial radios===
FreeWave serial radios support users in locations across the world ranging from the [[Middle East]] to [[Mount Everest]], [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]] to the [[Amazon Rainforest]], and from [[Antarctica]] to [[New York City]].{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* FGR2
* FGR-115
* FGR09
* FGRSR
* MM2
* Ranger Series
* 869 Series (for Europe only)
* Cellular bridge

===I/O radios===
FreeWave’s wireless I/O is the basis for remote process [[automation]], process optimization and condition-based monitoring. Wireless I/O combines remote measurement, remote control and instant data communications with very reliable wireless networks.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} By integrating Wireless I/O into small field networks, medium plant operations and large [[SCADA]] systems, users have wireless sensor measurements, physical control and communications between remote controllers from a single device.
* FGR-IO
* I2-IO
* IO Expansion
* WaveLine 10i

===[[Ethernet]] radios===
FreeWave’s wireless Ethernet [[solution]]s are designed for harsh environments.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* FGR2-PE
* FGR2-P
* HTplus
* MM2 Ethernet

===[[wikt:embedded|Embedded]] radios===
These FreeWave radios are a reliable{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} [[solution]] for embedding within original equipment manufacturer ([[OEM]]) products.

* MM2
* MM2 Ethernet

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===Cathodic protection radios===
Its cathodic protection remote monitoring [[solution]]s offer form factor flexibility in: board level, line marker, self-contained rectifier kit with solar panel and battery backup, a battery-operated waterproof unit, and the newest product "The Tower Replacement" module.

* Battery-powered waterproof unit
* Board level CP
* Line marker
* Rectifier monitoring enit
* Tower replacement module

===Traffic===
These FreeWave radios are designed for traffic control applications.

* T-9
* T-24

===Licensed radios (1.4 GHz and 400 MHz)===
FreeWave Technologies licensed band radios have applications wherever licensed radios are preferred ranging from oil and gas to municipalities and beyond.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
Serial
* LRS 140
* LRS 455

===Government and defense===

Embedded radios:

* L-Band (MM2-M13 and P Series)
* MM2 EX
* MM2-UHF
* MM2-9X5W
* Q Series
* 3400 series (3.4 GHz)
* F Series
* F Series – Narrow band
* Spartan Series

===Software===
FreeWave Tool Suite is a free program and provides a simplified way to set up and manage networks. The software is secure{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} and user-friendly{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}, allowing users to control multiple frequencies and networks within a single system. Storage is centralized, so users have access to [[diagnostic]] data, reports and more.
* FreeWave Tool Suite

===Miscellaneous===
* Amplifiers
* Antennas
* Cables
* Filters
* Kits
* Mounting Systems

===Legacy Products===
* DGR

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

==See also==
*[[Frequency hopping]]
*[[Radio]]s
*[[Spread Spectrum]]
*[[Machine to machine]]
*[[wireless]]
*[[SCADA]]

==References==
*[http://www.FreeWave.com/ FreeWave]
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/30/idUS183738+30-Oct-2008+PRN20081030/ FreeWave Technologies Ranked Number 26 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program]
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29555727/ns/us_news-giving/t/company-shares-million-employees/ TA Associates Leads $113 Million Investment in FreeWave Technologies, Inc.]
*[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/auvsi-freewave-celebrates-one-million-flight-hour-milestone-360808/ FreeWave celebrates one million flight hour milestone]
*[http://www.controleng.com/new-products/industrial-networks/single-article/ec-io-expansion-device/6423383854.html Control Engineering Engineer's Choice finalist, FreeWave's I/O expansion module, 2012]
*[http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-business/ci_26113798/boulders-freewave-technologies-appoints-kim-niederman-ceo FreeWave Sets Sights On Fast-Growing Industrial M2M Marketplace With New Executive Appointments]
*[http://www.sensorsmag.com/networking-communications/internet-of-things/news/industrial-internet-things-takes-center-stage-freewave-says-16804 The Industrial Internet of Things Takes Center Stage, but FreeWave says Wireless M2M Drives Its Success]

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