ArrayComm

ArrayComm is a wireless communications software company founded in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley. Co-founded in 1992 by Martin Cooper, a pioneer of the wireless industry. The company is wholly owned by Ygomi LLC, under principal investor T. Russell Shields. The current headquarters is Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

ArrayComm LLC
TypePrivate
IndustryMobile Broadband
Mobile Radio
Founded1992
FoundersMartin Cooper, Richard Roy
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
United States
Key people
Martin Cooper, Chairman Emeritus
T. Russell Shields, Principal
Paul Barnard, President
ProductsThe Physical layer for 4G/5G cellular basestations
Number of employees
80 (2019)
Websitewww.arraycomm.com

ArrayComm sells the Physical Layer (PHY) for 4G/5G wireless systems, as well as multi-antenna signal processing software for specific components of 4G PHYs using Smart Antennas and MIMO techniques. Patent-licensing is another source of revenue. The company's hardware solutions enjoyed their greatest commercial successes in Australia and South Africa under the iBurst brand name which continues to be owned by Kyocera. ArrayComm also achieved significant success in Asia by selling base-station software for Personal Handy-phone System (PHS) base-stations.

Overview

The problems ArrayComm are trying to solve can be compared to multiple conversations in a single location, or communications across long distances.

In a crowded room, people find it easy to focus on the person they are speaking to and effectively ignore other conversations. Conversely, a person can try to get the attention of someone down the street by cupping their hands around their mouth, which directs their voice to improve the odds of being heard and understood.

MAS is software that allows wireless systems (both end user devices and carrier equipment) to communicate clearly, by solving performance problems that result from the current inefficient radio 'conversations'. Multiple antennas using this software doubles or quadruples performance, by increasing the selective listening and transmission capabilities.

Executive timeline
NamePositionServed
Paul BarnardPresident09/2011–Present
Bruce DuysenPresident09/2008 - 09/2011
Stephen SiffermanPresident03/2005 - 09/2008
Clarence "Sam" EndyChief Executive Officer02/2002 - 03/2005
Martin CooperChief Executive Officer04/1992 - 02/2002
Karl MartersteckPresident04/1995 - 06/1997

Alumni group

Since inception, the company has had a large contingent of employees who have maintained close contact with each other owing to the paucity of companies in the mobile wireless space. Initially this group was hosted by Yahoo, though more recently it has been reestablished on Facebook[1] group for social networking and as a LinkedIn[2] for business networking.

References
  1. "ArrayComm Alumni". Facebook. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. "ArrayComm Alumin". LinkedIn.
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