Monday, April 5, 2004

Wisair Announces Multi-Band OFDM Chip

Wisair, a start-up based in Israel, announced its Multi-Band OFDM (MB-OFDM) transceiver chip. The device uses SiGe-BiCMOS technology and supports a range of data rates up to 480Mbps, occupying a frequency spectrum between 3.1 and 7.4GHz. Wisair is one of the founding members of the Multi-Band OFDM Alliance (MBOA) and one of the authors of its UWB radio specification. http://www.wisair.com

  • Wisair was founded in May 2001 as part of the RAD Group. In October 2003, Wisair completed its second round of financing led by Apax Partners. Participating in the round were: Vertex, RAD Ventures, Bynet Ventures, Tamar Ventures, NTT Leasing and additional strategic investors.