Cambridge, UK – Neul has launched an ATEX-compliant white space communications system, NeulNET, whilst announcing the appointment of Stan Boland as its new CEO.
NeulNET, which is designed and approved for use in hazardous environments, provides machine-to-machine (M2M) or IP data communications to the oil and gas industry, petrochemical plants and drilling rigs.
The system, composed of the NeulNET 3010 base station, NeulNET base station controller and multiple NeulNET 401 Zone 2 customer premises equipment (CPEs), can provide long range, non-line-of-sight communications networks in potentially explosive, harsh, wet and corrosive environments. The entire system is controlled using the Neul OMC, an easy-to-use, comprehensive cloud-based operations and management system. The NeulNET system makes it easy for customers to set up and manage white space radio networks to support a host of applications that make up the Internet of Things.
The NeulNET system communicates using TV white space spectrum: high quality sub-GHz UHF frequencies offering outstanding propagation characteristics. The NeulNET system is able to make use of all of these newly available radio channels, adapting modulation and forward error correction (FEC) automatically to provide the best possible throughput for a given communications link. This means that, unlike existing unlicensed systems, NeulNET is capable of long-range, non-line-of-sight (NLOS), ubiquitous wide area connectivity. By deploying or using a Neul cellular network, customers benefit from unrivalled geographic coverage, increased network capacity and dramatically reduced costs.
Based on the Weightless™ standard for white space radio networking, it uses state-of-the-art techniques to filter out interference from powerful TV transmitters, while eliminating unwanted emissions that could cause problems for existing licensed users of the band. As a result, NeulNET can take advantage of the entire UHF TV white space band while complying with stringent FCC regulations
“We’re pleased to expand our range of NeulNET white space communications products with this ATEX-compliant CPE,” said Ben Peters, Vice President of Marketing at Neul. “Providing effective communications technology for hazardous environments is critical for many of our clients. With a wide range of applications in varying sectors, from oil and gas to chemical plants, NeulNET communications systems help deliver safety and efficiency improvements by connecting with that which was previously unreachable and delivering resilience with existing communications technologies.”
Neul has also announced the appointment of Stan Boland as its new CEO. Stan was previously CEO and co-founder of Icera Inc., a UK-based company building 4G/3G/2G cellular chipsets and software which was acquired by Nvidia Corporation in 2011 for US$367 million. Prior to this, Stan was CEO and co-founder of Element 14 Inc., a UK company building ADSL chipsets and software which was acquired by Broadcom Corporation in 2000 for US$640 million.
James Collier, Founder and now CTO, commented: “Stan’s track record in building international operations is exactly what we now need since we have succeeded in developing and generating a real demand for our new products and our services. I’m delighted to welcome him on board and look forward to us working together to build Neul into a huge company”.
Stan Boland said: “I am thrilled to be joining Neul, which is probably the most exciting company globally in the wireless space. Its technology is strongly complementary to cellular technologies through the provision of coverage and capacity needed for the large numbers of devices intrinsic to industrial applications for the internet”.
Since 2010, Neul has been pioneering technology for the fast-emerging TV white space market using high-quality UHF spectrum being made available progressively across the globe by major regulators. Neul is world leader in delivering TV white space ‘Network as a Service’, with deployments on four continents. Neul products provide reliable and cost-effective wide-area connectivity for multiple industries, sometimes referred to as “the Internet of Things”.