McWane’s financial strength and international status will allow Zinwave to invest in commercial and technical resource, customer service, customer support, geographical presence and infrastructure. It will also allow Zinwave to accelerate its product development and enhancement programs, thus ensuring that it maintains its competitive edge in fiber-based RF coverage solutions for existing and emerging markets.
Becoming part of a global organisation will enable Zinwave to increase its overall share of the rapidly growing DAS market, which is predicted to grow by more than 300% in the US alone over the next five years according to a recent report published by iGR Research.
Zinwave’s in-building wideband active DAS is the only solution available in the market place that supports all cellular and public safety services (including any variant of the new LTE services) on a single hardware layer. Zinwave’s DAS supports any combination of services, between 150MHz and 2700MHz, regardless of protocol or modulation scheme.
Zinwave’s DAS is fibre-based, offering an “install-once” solution. It eliminates the need for expensive and disruptive upgrades to existing infrastructures because spare fibre can easily and inexpensively be incorporated into the initial communications framework. New architectures, such as MIMO (multiple-input-multiple-output), can be supported on the same installation as they become available, making it “future-proof” and ensuring optimal ROI.
The system’s straightforward design (comprising just three components) and unique technology delivers building owners, telecom operators and neutral host providers the most flexible solution in the market place, with lowest total cost of ownership per installation.
Says Ian Sugarbroad, CEO of Zinwave; “Our new status will give us access to invaluable resources, including McWane’s impressive intellectual property, R&D, and global supply and distribution chain. It means we can speed up product development and improve our support to strategic partners and customers, so they in turn are able to accelerate growth for wideband active DAS solutions in their respective markets.”
Says G. Ruffner Page, Jr., McWane President; “Zinwave is the perfect addition to our growing stable of high-tech companies operating under the McWane Technology Group banner. Founded in 1921, McWane is a global leader in water, waste water, fire protection and LPG tank infrastructure products and we’re proud to continue leading the way in building the durable and innovative infrastructure our world depends on.”
While Zinwave will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham, Alabama-based McWane, it will continue to trade as an independent company and maintain its established corporate identity. Zinwave’s UK presence will be maintained and will add to McWane Technology’s expanding global footprint, which includes offices in the United States, Canada and South Korea.
About Zinwave
Zinwave is a global technology company with offices in the UK, USA and Asia. Since its founding, the company has pioneered a new approach for reliable multi-service in-building wireless coverage. Zinwave’s solution, the Zinwave 3000 active DAS, is the only true wideband active distributed antenna system (DAS) on the market, covering all frequencies between 150MHz and 2700MHz. Zinwave 3000 provides a highly cost effective multi-service, multi-carrier solution over a single hardware infrastructure that can be quickly and efficiently deployed and easily scaled for future service additions.
For more information please contact Sue Hunt
E: marketing@zinwave.com
T: +44 (0) 1223 875272
www.zinwave.com
About McWane Inc.
McWane, Inc. is a family business based in Birmingham, Alabama with iron foundries across the United States, Canada, and China. McWane’s divisions focus on the safe, environmentally friendly manufacturing of ductile iron pipe, fittings, hydrants and valves. These and other products provide the backbone of vital water distribution and wastewater treatment systems for communities across North America. The company employs more than 5,500 Team Members and has a longstanding commitment of support to the communities where our employees live and work. For more information, please visit www.mcwane.com.
About McWane Technology
McWane Technology is focused on acquiring and building market-leading companies through the employment and development of a range of high technologies. It invests in outstanding management teams, business innovators and technology leaders seeking a long-term, value-added partner. McWane is not a passive, "financial" investor. It takes an active role and leverages its extensive experience, building successful businesses across a range of industries to provide strategic and operational guidance to its family of companies. McWane Technology creates value through solid strategy, strong execution and profitable growth – not through financial engineering.
Companies include:
- Synapse Wireless (US) – Internet of Things / Machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions
- Nighthawk Total Control (US) – Internet of Things / Machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions
- Futurecom Systems Group (Canada) – Radio frequency extension solutions
- ComTech Korea (South Korea) – Radio frequency extension solutions
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