FreeWave Technologies launches Sensor-2-Server IoT strategy with WavePro WP201 product

In addition to delivering data speeds of more than 40 MB/s, the WP201 also supports other forms of communications, Gilbert said.

“Now, you can carry voice, video, data and sensor information across one network,” he said. “Whereas in the past, some of these networks have been sensor-data only or high-speed communications only, we’re looking at this as being a multi-function network.”

Key sectors that FreeWave expects to adopt the WavePro solutions include utilities, agriculture, unmanned aerial systems and the oil-and-gas industry, Gilbert said.

With a list price of $1,500, the WP201 is available immediately and can be deployed quickly, Gilbert said.

“We’ve put the product in front of probably 40 customers at this point, and they’re all saying how easy it is to get a network up and running,” Gilbert said. “Normally, it takes under 20 minutes to get it out of the box, assemble it and get it put in place.”

One of those customers is an electric company that operates in a “harsh” environment in the Middle East, according to Gilbert.

“There was supposed to be a six-month proof of concept or pilot,” he said. “But after six weeks, the customer bought off on it, because it was working so well. That was a really good feather in our cap for this technology that works in these extreme circumstances.”