Spotwave Wireless Goes Residential

Source: Ottawa Business Journal
October 24, 2006 - Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa's Spotwave Wireless has developed a new indoor antenna system that will make dropped cell calls and slow mobile downloads a thing of the past for residential and home-based business users.

Spotwave's indoor wireless repeater brings the outdoor wireless signal inside, enabling residents to use their cell phones and other wireless devices where they previously could not due to poor signal strength.

The system is based on Spotwave's successful line of antennas for boosting cell phone signals inside commercial buildings.

The wireless industry is keen on the system for small and home-based businesses.

"It's a cost effective, easily implemented solution for people dependent on their wireless devices, and a perfect complement to our existing offerings," says Doug McGregor of FirstComm.

The system can be set up in less than 30 minutes and will cover a home of up to 2,500 square feet. It sells for $399 and enhances signals for cell phones, PDAs, 3G-enabled laptops and other wireless devices.