A medley of smart startups and engaging entrepreneurs
Despite wireless carrier consolidation and an 84 percent penetration rate, the U.S. wireless industry remains vibrant and highly competitive. Much of its continued success can be attributed to the entrepreneurial startups that flock to this industry in hope of success.
Every year FierceWireless editors evaluate dozens of the most innovative and smart emerging companies in the wireless industry. Our final selection--the top 15--are listed here as part of the FierceWireless' annual Fierce 15 list.
The winners this year are very diverse. A few are home to some of the best and brightest engineers who have developed interesting solutions to some of the most confounding wireless problems--like how to solve antenna interference issues in the handset or how to deliver better in-home coverage. Others are creative application firms that have come up with what we believe will be very compelling consumer services guaranteed to increase carrier ARPUs.
One thing all our Fierce 15 companies have in common is a bright executive team and the potential to advance the wireless industry. Here are the firms that we think will become great success stories. Click here for the full feature. -Sue
The 2008 Fierce 15 winners are...
- Blue Pulse
- Carrier IQ
- Celltrust
- Cequint
- ChaCha
- DeviceAnywhere
- Firetide
- Loopt
- mFoundry
- Pelago
- Sequans Communications
- SkyCross
- Ubiquisys
- uLocate
- vLingo