OTTAWA, CANADA - December 19, 2013 - Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc., (YFI;TSX.V) the global leader in WiFi3 next generation WiFi technology, today announced the company has partnered with Tutela Technologies, a leading developer of real-time service quality and location-based metrics for cellular providers and WiFi operators.
The partnership with Tutela Technologies will extend the capabilities of Edgewater's WiFi3 solutions with consumer experience monitoring and location based services to deliver improved quality of service and customer side analytics.
"Partnering with Tutela is an exciting opportunity for Edgewater Wireless", said Andrew Skafel, President of Edgewater Wireless. "It allows us to enhance the features and capabilities of the WiFi3 technology by delivering applications critical to the retail and large enterprise spaces - we're offering customers a true future proof platform for service delivery".
Edgewater Wireless WiFi3 series of Next Generation WiFi Access Points enables 3-channels on a single radio and provides improved WiFi services and improved quality of service to end users by delivering up to 50 times greater performance vs traditional WiFi. WiFi3 achieves unparalleled performance by mitigating issues such as Adjacent Channel Interference (ACI) and offering industry leading capabilities such as the integrated Spectral Surveillance Architecture (SSA(TM)) - Edgewater's integrated, real time spectral monitoring feature which dramatically reduces operational expenses (OPEX) for carriers and large enterprises.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Edgewater Wireless," said Hunter Macdonald, President of Tutela Technologies. "This relationship enables us to extend our customer experience monitoring and tracking software with information uniquely available through Edgewater's high grade WiFi3 access points to deliver advanced quality of service."
By obtaining real-time service quality metrics, Tutela's analytics ensure that service providers can achieve a crowdsourced view of network performance and also streamline maintenance allowing them to proactively respond to deliver the best user experience. Additionally, when integrated into policy management, network control systems and WiFi3 powered access points, Tutela's analytics enable seamless traffic switching onto the best access point available to a mobile user while delivering industry leading user analytics.
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About Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc.:
Edgewater Wireless develops and commercializes leading edge technologies and intellectual property for the communications market. Edgewater Wireless delivers advanced product solutions designed to meet the high-performance, high quality of service (QoS) and high-reliability needs of service providers and their customers. Leveraging over twenty (20) patents, Edgewater Wireless' WiFi3 is redefining WiFi technology with its wideband, multi-channel radio and high-capacity Access Point solutions, and delivering next generation WiFi, today. For more information, please visit www.edgewaterwireless.com.
About Tutela Technologies:
Tutela's analytic solutions allow service providers to optimize the performance of their existing networks while getting the most out of new expansions. The Tutela analytic tool suite allows network operators to leverage the power of next-generation optimization processes. By assessing network performance, identifying effective upgrade points, and facilitating the seamless use of smaller access points such as Wi-Fi, Tutela helps users get the most out of any network deployment. Tutela is based in Victoria, Canada. For more information, please visit www.tutelatechnologies.com.
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