First Shipment of WiFi Equipment Part of Increased $6.7 Million Sales Deal
February 12, 2013 – Ottawa, Canada – Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc., (YFI;TSX.V) a leader
in next generation WiFi technology, today announces the company’s first shipment of its next
generation WiFi3™ equipment to World Affinity Telecom. World Affinity Telecom will be using
Edgewater Wireless’ WiFi3™ technology as the foundation for a national WiFi network in Sierra
Leone that will bring data communications to the country and its people. This will be Africa’s
first national WiFi network.
This is the first shipment from the contract announced in July, 2012 that was recently increased
to $6.7 million to accommodate the overwhelming support for the development of the first
project phase of the multi-phase WiFi deployment. The scope of the contract has been
expanded to include services and networking equipment.
Sierra WiFi, World Affinity Telecom’s local operating company, in its commitment to social
development, will deploy this first shipment of equipment to schools to deliver a WiFi enabled
education portal. This is the first phase of a broad network that will extend to hospitals.
The emerging growth of Sierra Leone is creating large demand for improved communications
infrastructure throughout the country. WiFi3™ technology will enable World Affinity Telecom to
operate a fast, stable and secure WiFi network beginning in Freetown and extending to the rest
of Sierra Leone.
“The People of Sierra Leone have expressed overwhelming enthusiasm for the national
deployment of low cost, high speed Wifi internet access and that has been our driving force. The
kind support of President Ernest Bai Koroma has also been inspiring,” said Anthony Melhem,
President of World Affinity Telecom. “Freetown is ready, the country is booming. This is the
right time to invest.”
Edgewater Wireless WiFi3™ technology enables 3-channels on a single radio – leveraging over 20
industry leading patents to deliver the improved performance by eliminating issues like Adjacent
Channel Interference – inherent in single channel WiFi solutions. WiFi3™ also offers service
providers unparalleled flexibility to layer revenue-generating services and applications across
three channels. WiFi3™ also delivers enhanced security for network operators through the
Company’s exclusive Spectral Surveillance Architecture (SSA™) which can be used to identify and
manage threats to the network from hackers, interference and rogue access points.
“We are tremendously pleased to be providing the wireless equipment and engineering knowhow
to form the communications infrastructure for World Affinity Telecom,” said Andrew
Skafel, President of Edgewater Wireless. “World Affinity Telecom is a strong and valuable
partner for Edgewater Wireless. They recognize the inherent value of WiFi3™, and the simplicity
of installation and management of our technology, which was critical to creating the first WiFi
network in Sierra Leone.”
About World Affinity Telecom:
World Affinity Telecom is an established telecommunications
solutions specialist. As a leader on technology, our products are used across the globe. People
and applications communicate using established state of the art World Affinity Telecom
technology. Our networks allow the integration of telecommunications and data technology
services for governments, businesses, municipalities, schools, libraries and organizations. For
more information, please visit: www.worldaffinitytelecom.com.
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-density, high quality of service (QoS) and high-reliability needs of service providers and their customers. Leveraging over twenty (20) patents, Edgewater’s WiFi3™ is redefining Wi-Fi technology with its wide-band, multi-channel radio and high-capacity Access Point solutions, and delivering next generation Wi-Fi, today.
The best solution for High-Density Wi-Fi networks, Edgewater Wireless WiFi3 powered access point products enable innovative service providers to plan, build and deploy reliable, high-capacity services (like VoWiFI) for high-density wireless data demand in any environment.
Do more with less! Fewer access points delivering high quality service at a lower overall deployment cost make our patented WiFi3 technology the right choice for your next Wi-Fi network.
Explore the evolution of Wi-Fi at www.EdgewaterWireless.com
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