FreeWave Technologies Receives 2011 Smart Grid Excellence Award

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:06:28 +0000

FGR2-PE Honored for Exceptional Innovation

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 29, 2011 â�� FreeWave Technologies, (www.freewave.com) announced today that its FGR2-PE wireless data radio has received a 2011 Smart Grid Excellence Award from SmartGrid.TMCnet.com, a TMC and Crossfire Media sponsored technology media Website.

â��FreeWave is honored to accept the 2011 Smart Grid Excellence Award,â�� said Ashish Sharma, chief marketing officer at FreeWave Technologies. â��At FreeWave, customers are our top priority. We strive to provide the most reliable, cost effective wireless data radios for our Smart Grid customers. By utilizing the FGR2-PE for smart grid applications, our customers achieve seamless data communications that can help streamline operations. It is a great achievement for our product to be recognized by SmartGrid.TMCnet.com.â��

FGR2-PE is a data radio ideal for Smart Grid applications including, distribution automation (DA), AMI back haul, distribution management (DMS), substation automation (SSA), load management (LM), demand response (DR), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and energy management (EMS). It offers both industrial serial and Ethernet wireless connectivity using license-free spread spectrum for data communication over long distances. The FGR2-PE is compatible with other FreeWave FGR plus family radios and offers users a second, switched Ethernet port as well as two serial ports to meet the demands of customersâ�� wireless automation requirements. The ports enable a transition from serial to Ethernet data communication a without having to replace wireless communication hardware later on, or operate both serial and Ethernet communication independently and simultaneously on the same platform.

â��The solutions that have been recognized with the Smart Grid Excellence Award reflect the diverse range of innovation driving this market. Congratulations to FreeWave which best exemplified the best of smart grid technologies in 2011," said stated Carl Ford, co-founder and community developer, Crossfire.

â��I am pleased to acknowledge FreeWave for its contribution to the advancement of Smart Grid technologies by bestowing our Second Annual Smart Grid Excellence Award to them,â�� said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. â��Congratulations and I look forward to more innovation in 2012.â��

Winners are published on SmartGrid.TMCnet.com and included in its E-newsletter.

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About FreeWave Technologies

Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies manufactures the most reliable, high performance, lowest power consumption, spread spectrum and licensed radios for mission-critical data transmission. Through engineering excellence and a relentless commitment to best-in-class manufacturing, FreeWave customers enjoy superior network up-time, range and the lowest cost of ownership in its class. Based in Boulder, Colorado, FreeWave designs and manufactures radios that are the leading choice for oil and gas, utility, military and numerous other industrial applications. Organizations that count on radio data communications for operational trust FreeWave for custom network design, system engineering and customer support that is unparalleled in the market. For additional information, contact FreeWave directly at 866.399.4930 or at newsinfo@freewave.com. Â Visit the company's website at (www.freewave.com).

Â About Smart Grid

Smart Grid is the leading website dedicated to the rapidly developing technologies that enable and harness Smart Grids, with particular emphasis on applications, products and software for improving residential, business, institutional and facilitiesâ�� power consumption.

This Website offers information and analysis for anyone interested in researching, purchasing and applying smart grid technologies. It includes Smart Grid industry news and expert analysis by Carl Ford, Crossfire Media. Visitors will find free resources including Online Communities, blogs, feature articles, videos and more. SmartGrid.TMCnet.com is sponsored by TMC, an integrated, global media company helping clients in print, in person and online, and Crossfire Media, an integrated marketing company with a core focus on future trends in technology. Please visit http://smart-grid.tmcnet.com

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TMC is a global, integrated media company that helps clients build communities in print, in person, and online. TMC publishes the Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Next Gen Mobility, InfoTECH Spotlight and Cloud Computing magazines. TMCnet.com, which is read by two million unique visitors each month, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMC is the producer of ITEXPO, the worldâ��s leading B2B communications event. In addition, TMC runs multiple industry events. Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information.

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Petrobas Peru Selects FreeWave Technologies for Wireless Communications Network – TMCNet Article

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:30:50 +0000

By Calvin Azuri, TMCnet Contributor

FreeWave Technologies is one of the leading manufacturers of reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission. The company recently announced that it has been selected by Petrobas for the automation of several SCADA applications in Peru and a number of other countries.

Petrobas Peru is the sixth largest energy company in the world and currently has many FreeWave radios operating in the field and the network continues to grow. The company also uses FreeWave FGR09CSU serial radios and several HTplus Ethernet radios at its oil collection sites, treatment plants, water ejection sites and compression stations.

Before they could select FreeWave radios, Petrobas Peru did a pilot test with a competing brand of wireless radios and found out that large amounts of ambient noise were present and there was also no guarantee of reliable or consistent links. In a release, Carlos Cieza, project engineer, at Petrobas Peru said that "Without working links we would have to consider the pilot a failure. We had some FreeWave FGR09CSU Series radios that were used for other SCADA applications, so we decided to install them in an attempt to save the pilot. After a quick set-up, we were able to establish a link almost immediately. We were extremely impressed with the flexibility and reliability of FreeWave's radios, especially considering how difficult it had been to set up the other vendor's radios."

When they tested the FreeWave board level FGR09CSU 900 MHz serial radios, they found that it provided them with better performance and versatility in the applications and there was hardly any LOS. After deploying the board level radios from FreeWave also provide a cost-effective solution that gives users the option of incorporating wireless communications into a wide variety of applications.

Roy Rosado, business development executive for Latin American Markets at FreeWave Technologies said that "The Petrobas Peru installation is a perfect example of how our radios work in some of the world's most challenging environments. The FreeWave radios are located in a coastal environment in Piura, Peru where the local average temperature is 95 degrees. Small rivers and large amounts of rain in the summer add to the Line-of-Site (LOS) difficulty. Yet, with all these complications, we have seen our radios continually transmit critical data and seamlessly integrate into the SCADA system for Petrobas Peru."

Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin's articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Rich Steeves

For more information on FreeWave Technologies, please contact Christin Jeffers at 303-581-7760 or at cjeffers@catapultpr-ir.com.

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