Wireless Internet Firms Take On Big Telecoms in Cities and Suburbs
Summary
Metropolitan areas have become target territories for the wireless Internet service providers, or WISPs, that for a long time have been the only options for rural residents whose neighborhoods aren’t reached by giant telecom companies such as Comcast and AT&T.San Francisco-based Common Networks , one of the newer WISPs, raised $25 million this month in a Series B funding round led by General Catalyst and joined by earlier investors Eclipse and Lux Capital.The FCC is also stimulating the market for rural broadband coverage, pledging nearly $1.5 billion this week for bidders from all technology types to build new infrastructure in underserved regions, Engadget reported .To buy its transmitters and end-user receivers, Sail relies on a handful of key wireless broadband equipment suppliers including Santa Clara, CA-based Mimosa , a venture-backed company founded in 2012; and Siklu , based in Fort Lee, NJ, and Israel.Sail leaves it to these suppliers to invent better wireless hardware and software, and concentrates on refining the terrain-mapping technology that identifies the optimal spots to place its transmitting hubs.
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