Vivato Wi-Fi Switch Approved to Operate under FCC Part 15 Rules; First FCC-Approved Product to Combine a Phased Array Antenna with Wi-Fi.
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002
Vivato today announced that it has received Federal Communications
Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) equipment authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. for its first Wi-Fi switch. The
Vivato switch is the first product to operate under FCC Part 15 rules
that combines a phased array antenna with Wi-Fi -- a unique approach
that enables the introduction of switching to Wi-Fi and provides higher
capacity at lower costs of ownership than conventional wireless
networking See wireless network. .
Vivato's patent-pending PacketSteering(TM) technology offers a
new architecture for wireless networking that uses narrow, formed beams
to send and receive multiple transmissions simultaneously and extend the
range of Wi-Fi from meters to kilometers. Vivato plans to bring its
first product to market in the first quarter of 2003.
"The FCC is supportive of technology innovation that that
makes more efficient use of the unlicensed broadband spectrum,"
said Phillip Redman, Research Director for Wireless Networks at Gartner.
"Wi-Fi is a fast-growing market and infrastructure equipment will
account for 60 percent of market value in 2007".
"The FCC's certification paves the way for full-scale
production of our first Wi-Fi switch product," said Ken Biba,
Vivato's chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We have a solid list of channel
partners and potential customers who are eager for a product that so
dramatically changes the scale and economics of Wi-Fi."
About Vivato
Vivato is the inventor INVENTOR. One who invents or finds out something.
2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the invention is suggested by another, he is not the inventor within the meaning of those laws; but in that and first manufacturer of Wi-Fi switches for
enterprises and service providers designed to enable high bandwidth
Wi-Fi wireless networks everywhere: in the enterprise, across campuses
and throughout metropolitan areas. Vivato is headquartered in San
Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden with a research and development center in Spokane, Wash. For
more information, please visit www.vivato.net or call 415/495-1111.
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