Arcadian Networks, a wireless communications carrier serving energy companies with dispersed assets (electric, gas and water utilities, and oil and gas companies), has entered into a business partnership with FreeWave Technologies to enhance and diversify its existing wireless communications platform.

This relationship between Arcadian Networks and FreeWave Technologies marks the first opportunity for electric utilities and oil and gas companies to incorporate the industry's most advanced ISM band radio technology and wireless data solutions on a 700 MHz private, licensed and secure communication platform as a single, seamless and integrated smart grid or smart field solution, according to the paretners. As part of the agreement, Arcadian Networks will market, sell and distribute FreeWave's 700 MHz products, providing electric utilities and oil and gas companies' greater equipment diversity and flexible bandwidth and deployment options.

Ed Solar, chief executive officer of Arcadian Networks, commented, "Arcadian Networks currently offers customers a robust wireless broadband platform, which combines the privacy and security of our licensed 700 MHz spectrum with state-of-the-art voice and data networking equipment. We are constantly looking to provide our customers with best-in-class solutions and diversity of choice on the nation's only mission-critical network devoted to electric utilities and oil and gas companies. Our relationship with FreeWave is a significant advancement in our overall product and service portfolio and we welcome them to our network.”

Colin Lippincott, vice president of sales and marketing of FreeWave Technologies, said, "We pride ourselves on our ability to provide wireless data radio solutions that offer unmatched quality, versatility and reliability. Our radios are a natural fit for Arcadian Networks' integrated wireless communications solution. We believe that by integrating our product suite into a communications network that offers cost-effective and unique propagation characteristics, we can achieve far-reaching opportunities for superior wireless communications and automation across a number of our most critical industries.”

www.arcadiannetworks.com
www.freewave.com

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