Singapore, London and Ottawa, 14 March 2019 – Global Invacom (SGX: QS9) (AIM: GINV), a global
provider of satellite communications equipment, is pleased to announce a partnership (the
“Partnership”) with Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc (YFI: TSX.V) (OTCQB: KPIFF), (“Edgewater”) for the
further development of Broadcast WiFi (“Bx-WiFi”), a technology that enables live, high quality and
large-scale event video streaming over a Wi-Fi network.
Edgewater is an industry leader in innovative WiFi Multi-Channel Single Radio (MCSR™) technology for
residential and commercial markets. The Partnership will leverage Edgewater’s expertise to further
develop the existing Bx-WiFi technology and will provide access to Edgewater’s professional grade WiFi
technology, engineered to support high-client density applications. Access to Edgewater’s MCSR™
platform will enable large scale testing over a high-quality network designed to withstand increasing
use of WiFi and mobile devices within stadiums and arenas.
Bx-WiFi was first unveiled and successfully live-tested by the BBC and Global Invacom in August 2017 at
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest arts festival in the world. The breakthrough technology
enables simultaneous streaming of uninterrupted audio or video content from multiple sources to
thousands of smartphone or tablet devices, all connected to a hotspot in the same venue, such as a
concert, conference or sporting fixture. It uses Forward Error Correction to maintain video quality, and
multicast technology that minimises bandwidth usage when a large number of users are simultaneously
streaming.
According to Statista (November 2018), more than 619.7 million people attended music and sporting
events worldwide in 2018, generating more than USD 63.7 billion in revenue and rising this year to a
projected 653.8 million+ attendees and USD 71.7 billion in revenue. As live sports fans, event attendees
and concertgoers pour into these venues, they expect to be able to access high-quality WiFi service
without disruption or delay, regardless of how many users and devices are being used simultaneously.
The Partnership solves the problems of WiFi reception and transmission in high-traffic venues by adding
Edgewater’s MCSR solutions to Global Invacom’s Bx-WiFi technology.
Steven Fisher, Systems Architect at Global Invacom, commented: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with
Edgewater to further develop our Bx-WiFi technology. Access to Edgewater’s experience and industry
know-how will enable us to improve and enhance our existing technology without customer grade
hardware limitations.”
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“We are very pleased to be working with Global Invacom and to be testing the Bx-WiFi technology over
our footprint of WiFi hotspots. This partnership will allow us to push the boundaries of our hardware
and could set a new record number for video streaming to a device on each hotspot,” said Eric Smith,
VP of Product for Edgewater Wireless. “Applications like Bx-WiFi further enhance the capabilities of our
MCSR™ technology and further drive market demand.”
Global Invacom is a fully integrated satellite equipment provider with six manufacturing plants across
China, Israel, Malaysia, UK and the US. Its customers include satellite broadcasters such as BSkyB of the
UK and Dish Network of the USA.
Global Invacom provides a full range of antennas, LNB receivers, fibre distribution equipment,
transmitters, switches and video distribution components and electronics manufacturing services in
satellite communications as well as manufacturing services in military, medical, and consumer
electronics industries. Following the acquisition in 2015 of Global Skyware, a leading US-based designer
and supplier of satellite antennas products and services, the Company became the world’s only full-
service outdoor unit supplier.
Global Invacom is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited and its
shares are admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange.
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