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The Company That Made Phone Networks Fail on Purpose
Before a new mobile network could fail in public, Catapult Communications made it fail in private - one malformed message, simulated base station and overloaded switch at a time.
Boldyn Networks wants to own the places your phone goes silent
Under railway tracks, around racetracks and inside livestock sheds, Boldyn builds networks that other businesses use. Its wager: sharing the infrastructure can make difficult connections worth the expense.
Boingo’s $854 Million Lesson for Infrastructure Builders: Own the Places Where Wireless Breaks
Boingo began by making airport Wi-Fi easier to buy. Twenty-five years later, its real product is the invisible layer beneath airports, bases and ballparks - a lesson in moving from a convenient app to infrastructure that is painful to replace.
Federated Wireless Became Air-Traffic Control for the Airwaves - Now It Wants AI to Find Five Times More Room
For a decade, Federated Wireless made crowded radio bands behave like orderly airspace. Its next wager is that physics-aware AI can turn the same towers and frequencies into much more network.